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The Ultrasound Journal

Table 2 Causes of gallbladder wall thickening

From: Common pitfalls in point-of-care ultrasound: a practical guide for emergency and critical care physicians

Generalized edematous states

Inflammatory conditions

Miscellaneous

Neoplastic

Physiological

Congestive heart failure

Acute and chronic cholecystitis

Adenomyomatosis

Gallbladder adenocarcinoma

Non-fasting patient (contracted gallbladder)

End-stage cirrhosis

Cholangitis

Cystic vein varices

Metastases

 

Renal failure

Acute hepatitis

Malabsorption

  

Hypoalbuminemia

Pancreatitis

   

Pre-eclampsia

Perforated duodenal ulcer

   
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