Ultrasound of gallbladder wall thickening and its relation to cholecystitis.
A prospective ultrasound study of gallbladder wall thickness in patients with suspected gallbladder disease was performed over a 9 month period. Gallbladder walls thicker than 3 mm in fasting patients whose gallbladders were wider than 2 cm were considered abnormal. Gallstones were documented by ultrasound in 62 patients, a thickened gallbladder wall was demonstrated in 12 of these. Five patients without cholelithiasis had thick-walled gallbladders and were diagnosed as acalculous cholecystitis.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000886:Anthropometry; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000175:diagnosis; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014463:Ultrasonography