Causes Of Gallbladder Wall Thickening

Other speculated mechanisms of gallbladder wall thickening in the disease states above are increased portal venous pressure and generalized edema.

Causes of gallbladder wall thickening.

Alone or as a secondary mechanism in patients with cirrhosis heart failure or renal disease. Cholecystitis acute cholecystitis chronic cholecystitis gallbladder empyema 7 xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis. For the rest hypoalbuminemia is a major culprit in gallbladder wall thickening. Diffuse thickening of the gallbladder wall can occur in a number of situations.

Thickening of the gallbladder wall is always abnormal although the significance of the thickening is highly dependent upon the underlying disease process. Fever and possibly chills. The secondary gallbladder wall thickening is presumably due to elevated portal venous pressure and decreased intravascular osmotic pressure. Postprandial physiological state pseudothickening gallbladder overall decompressed gallbladder overall.

Jaundice yellowing of the skin or eyes dark urine and. Gallbladder wall thickening can be caused by inflammatory benign and malignant etiologies. Pseudothickening caused by the normal postprandial state of the contracted gallbladder is also extremely common 5. You may feel this discomfort in the center of the upper abdomen just below the breastbone or in the upper right portion of the abdomen.

It can be caused by multiple factors and conditions including renal failure liver failure heart failure ascites hypoproteinemia and inflammation.