Table 1 Surgical and medical causes of thick-walled gallbladder
From: Clinical approach to patients with thick wall gallbladder
Surgical causes | Benign | Acute cholecystitis |
Chronic cholecystitis | ||
Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis | ||
Adenomyomatosis | ||
Sclerosing cholecystitis (IgG4) | ||
Extracholecystic inflammation | Pancreatitis | |
Pyelonephritis | ||
Peritonitis | ||
Malignant | Gallbladder carcinoma | |
Lymphoma | ||
Medical causes | Â | Hepatitis |
Cirrhosis | ||
Portal hypertension | ||
Congestive heart failure | ||
Sepsis | ||
Hypoalbuminemia |