Acute inflammation of the gallbladder wall that can be evoked by mechanical, chemical or bacterial factors.
Management of gallbladder wall calcifications has been controversial for many decades.
There was no gallbladder wall thickening.
Gallbladder wall thickening also occurs when the gallbladder is contracted.
Such measurements will exaggerate the thickness of the gallbladder wall.
No detectable blood flow was identified in the anterior gallbladder wall, which was concerning for gallbladder wall ischemia.
Patients with any classic ultrasonographic criteria for cholecystitis (sonographic Murphy's sign, thickened gallbladder wall, gallbladder wall edema, gallbladder hydrops, pericholecystic fluid), or any other cause of anterior gallbladder wall thickening (i.e. ascites) were excluded.
Gallbladder adenomyomatosis (GA) is a benign alteration of the gallbladder wall characterized by excessive epithelial proliferation associated with hyperplasia of the muscularis propria, resulting in gallbladder wall thickening.
(A) Long axis and (B) short axis views showing improvement in gallbladder wall thickening after diuresis, with gallbladder wall thickness measuring 0.15 cm.
The classic ultrasonographic findings of cholecystitis include a sonographic Murphy's sign [4], a thickened gallbladder wall [5, 6], gallbladder wall edema, gallbladder hydrops, and pericholecystic fluid.
Gallbladder distention, pericholecystic fat stranding, and gallbladder wall thickening were seen on computed tomography.
