Causes Of Gallbladder Wall Thickening

For the rest hypoalbuminemia is a major culprit in gallbladder wall thickening.

Causes of gallbladder wall thickening.

Cholecystitis acute cholecystitis chronic cholecystitis gallbladder empyema 7 xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis. Thickening of the gallbladder wall is always abnormal although the significance of the thickening is highly dependent upon the underlying disease process. Other speculated mechanisms of gallbladder wall thickening in the disease states above are increased portal venous pressure and generalized edema. It can be caused by multiple factors and conditions including renal failure liver failure heart failure ascites hypoproteinemia and inflammation.

The case on the left is a patient with liver cirrhosis. Postprandial physiological state pseudothickening gallbladder overall decompressed gallbladder overall. Fever and possibly chills. Diffuse thickening of the gallbladder wall can occur in a number of situations.

Pseudothickening caused by the normal postprandial state of the contracted gallbladder is also extremely common 5. The secondary gallbladder wall thickening is presumably due to elevated portal venous pressure and decreased intravascular osmotic pressure. 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. Liver cirrhosis hepatitis and congestive right heart failure are relatively frequent causes.

Alone or as a secondary mechanism in patients with cirrhosis heart failure or renal disease.