title: [Imaging of a thickened-wall gallbladder].
abstract: Thickening of the gallbladder wall may result from a large spectrum of pathological conditions, intrinsic as well as extrinsic to the biliary tract, and may have different appearances. Accurate diagnosis is usually established after a correlation of imaging findings, laboratory data and clinical history. US remains the initial imaging modality for the evaluation of acute right upper quadrant pain. CT and MRI are complementary to US and have an increasing role in assessing a thickened-wall gallbladder.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie, Fondation Hôpital Saint Joseph, 185, rue Raymond-Losserand, 75014 Paris. mzins@hopital-saint-joseph.org
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zins
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Boulay-Coletta
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Molinié
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mercier-Pageyral
authors.forename: M-C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Jullès
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rodallec
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Petit
authors.forename: J-L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Berrod
mesh_terms: D042101:Acalculous Cholecystitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D018194:Adenomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D041881:Cholecystitis, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D041761:Cholecystolithiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography