Gallbladder Wall Thickening

Abstract

W1 atitis, acute hepatitis, or severe pyelonephritis. Systemic diseases that may cause diffuse wall thickening include heart and renal failure, liver dysfunction, portal venous hypertension, and sepsis. Other causes of diffuse wall thickening include infiltrative processes, such as gallbladder carcinoma, and hyperplastic changes, as seen in adenomyomatosis, although these may also present with focal thickening. The thickness of the gallbladder wall depends on the degree of gallbladder distention; pseudothickening can occur in the postprandial state due to physiologic contraction.