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  • Title: Ultrasound of gallbladder wall thickening and its relation to cholecystitis.
    Author: Handler SJ.
    Journal: AJR Am J Roentgenol; 1979 Apr; 132(4):581-5. PubMed ID: 106690.
    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.
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