Inflammation due to urinary tract infection uti a uti is often the result of bacteria entering the urethra and then the bladder.
Causes of gallbladder wall thickening on ultrasound.
Treatment strategies are based on the cause of the wall thickening.
Postprandial physiological state pseudothickening gallbladder overall decompressed.
The secondary gallbladder wall thickening is presumably due to elevated portal venous pressure and decreased intravascular osmotic pressure.
Gallbladder wall thickening can be caused by inflammatory benign and malignant etiologies.
Edematous thickening of the gallbladder wall longitudinal edematous thickening of the gallbladder wall longitudinal.
Thickening of the gallbladder wall usually considered 3 mm is a non specific sign of various conditions.
The diagnosis is made on imaging studies.
Common causes of bladder wall thickening include.
Diffuse thickening of the gallbladder wall can occur in a number of situations.
Liver cirrhosis hepatitis and congestive right heart failure are relatively frequent causes.
The case on the left is a patient with liver cirrhosis.
Edematous thickening of the gallbladder wall in a patient with cardiac failure and ascites.
Pseudothickening caused by the normal postprandial state of the contracted gallbladder is also extremely common 5.
In general most pathological processes affecting the gallbladder will cause thickening either due to inflammation or due to precipitation of bile contents due to prolonged stasis.