Ultrasound of gallbladder wall thickening and its relation to cholecystitis.
AJR Am J Roentgenol, 1979/4;132(4):581-5.
PMID: 106690
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Abstract
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.
MeSH terms
Acute Disease; Aged; Anthropometry; Cholecystitis; Cholelithiasis; Chronic Disease; Diagnosis, Differential; Dilatation, Pathologic; Gallbladder; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Prospective Studies; Ultrasonography
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