title: Diffuse gallbladder wall thickening: differential diagnosis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of our study was to review and illustrate the various clinical entities that may cause diffuse thickening of the gallbladder wall on diagnostic imaging studies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Diffuse gallbladder wall thickening may be caused by a wide range of gallbladder diseases and extracholecystic pathologic conditions. In most cases its cause can be determined by correlation of the clinical presentation and associated imaging findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Rijnland Hospital, Simon Smitweg 1, PO Box 4220, NL-2350 CC Leiderdorp, The Netherlands. adriaanbreda@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Adriaan C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: van Breda Vriesman
authors.forename: Marc R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Engelbrecht
authors.forename: Robin H M
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Smithuis
authors.forename: Julien B C M
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Puylaert
mesh_terms: D002765:Cholecystography / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000473:pathology*; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*