Gallbladder wall thickness

Introduction Acute cholecystitis often blocks the gallbladder neck or cystic duct for stones, resulting in gallbladder congestion and edema, and enlarged gallbladder. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound can visualize normal and gallbladder wall thickening.

Cause

There are two types of gallbladder wall thickening: irregular and regular.

1, non-regular limited gallbladder wall thickening, also known as gallbladder bulge-like lesions, found in gallbladder adenoma, gallbladder cancer and gallbladder polyps.

2, regular uniform gallbladder thickening is seen in two cases, one is biliary diseases, such as acute and chronic cholecystitis, gallstones, etc.; the second is non-biliary diseases, such as cirrhosis, hypoproteinemia, acute virus There are two types of gallbladder wall thickening, such as sexual hepatitis, chronic heart failure, and chronic renal failure, which are irregular and regular.

an examination

Related inspection

Gallbladder biliary tract B-ultrasound venous cholangiography

an examination:

1, gallbladder biliary B-ultrasound.

2, CT examination.

Differential diagnosis

diagnosis:

The gallbladder wall thickens more than 3 mm, and ultrasound usually has a layered feel. Subserosal edema is shown as a low density layer.

Identification:

Diffuse gallbladder wall thickening may present a diagnostic problem because it occurs in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients, and some patients may require a cholecystectomy. The diffuse thickening of the gallbladder wall is not a primary gallbladder disease.

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