What other conditions can result in gallbladder wall thickening?
- Numerous conditions exist. These are (1) congestive heart failure; (2) constrictive pericarditis; (3) hypoalbuminemia; (4) renal failure; (5) portal venous congestion or portal hypertension; (6) hepatic venoocclusive disease; (7) chronic cholecystitis; (8) acquired immune deficiency syndrome–related cholangitis; (9) adenomyomatosis; (10) primary sclerosing cholangitis; (11) leukemic infiltration; and (12) inflammation from hepatitis, pancreatitis, and colitis.
- Gallbladder carcinoma also causes wall thickening but is usually differentiated from other causes by a mass like appearance, adenopathy, and liver metastases.
