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.
Gallbladder wall thickening can be caused by inflammatory benign and malignant etiologies.
Common causes of bladder wall thickening include.
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.
The secondary gallbladder wall thickening is presumably due to elevated portal venous pressure and decreased intravascular osmotic pressure.
The diagnosis is made on imaging studies.
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.
The case on the left is a patient with liver cirrhosis.
Ultrasound and ct are both sensitive to the diagnosis.
Edematous thickening of the gallbladder wall longitudinal edematous thickening of the gallbladder wall longitudinal.
There is also some thickened bile and there are gallstones.
Thickening of the gallbladder wall usually considered 3 mm is a non specific sign of various conditions.
Thus for all non emergent exams a fasting period of 6 12 hours fewer or none in children is advised to achieve maximal gallbladder distension.
Treatment strategies are based on the cause of the wall thickening.