Causes Of Gallbladder Wall Thickening

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Causes of gallbladder wall thickening. Gallbladder wall thickening can be caused by inflammatory benign and malignant etiologies. Postprandial physiological state pseudothickening gallbladder overall decompressed gallbladder overall. For the rest hypoalbuminemia is a major culprit in gallbladder wall thickening. Liver cirrhosis hepatitis and congestive right heart failure are relatively frequent causes.
The case on the left is a patient with liver cirrhosis. Diffuse thickening of the gallbladder wall can occur in a number of situations. Other speculated mechanisms of gallbladder wall thickening in the disease states above are increased portal venous pressure and generalized edema. Cholecystitis acute cholecystitis chronic cholecystitis gallbladder empyema 7 xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis.
The secondary gallbladder wall thickening is presumably due to elevated portal venous pressure and decreased intravascular osmotic pressure. Fever and possibly chills. Symptoms of acute cholecystitis may include. 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.