What is the normal thickness of gallbladder wall?

What is the normal thickness of gallbladder wall?

Patients were divided into four groups based on the degree of gallbladder wall thickness: normal (1-2 mm), mildly thickened (3-4 mm), moderately thickened (5-6 mm), and severely thickened (7 mm and above).

What does a thick gallbladder wall mean?

Thickening of the gallbladder wall is a relatively frequent finding at diagnostic imaging studies. Historically, a thick-walled gallbladder has been regarded as proof of primary gallbladder disease, and it is a well-known hallmark feature of acute cholecystitis.

How do you measure your gallbladder wall?

Most commonly the measurement is made on the long axis view of the gallbladder. The posterior gallbladder wall thickness can usually be measured less reliably due to e.g. adjacent bowel loops, gallstones, or layered dense bile.

Is gallbladder wall thickening serious?

Thickening of the gallbladder wall is a relatively frequent finding on diagnostic imaging studies. Historically, a thick-walled gallbladder has been regarded as proof of primary gallbladder disease, and it is a well-known hallmark feature of acute cholecystitis.

Is gallbladder wall thickening symptoms?

It may be caused by repeat attacks of acute cholecystitis. Chronic cholecystitis may cause intermittent mild abdominal pain, or no symptoms at all. Damage to the walls of the gallbladder leads to a thickened, scarred gallbladder. Ultimately, the gallbladder can shrink and lose its ability to store and release bile.

How do you treat a thickened gallbladder wall?

Treatments may include:

1. Fasting. You may not be allowed to eat or drink at first in order to take stress off your inflamed gallbladder.
2. Fluids through a vein in your arm. This treatment helps prevent dehydration.
3. Antibiotics to fight infection.
4. Pain medications.
5. Procedure to remove stones.

How do you treat thickening of the gallbladder wall?

Is gallbladder wall thickening common?

Diffuse gallbladder wall thickening is a common radiological finding with a wide range of differential diagnoses, many of which are not due to primary cholecystic disease.