Diffuse gallbladder wall thickening: Differential diagnosis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 495-501

  Van Breda Vriesman, Adriaan C ^a   Engelbrecht, Marc R ^b   Smithuis, Robin H M ^a   Puylaert, Julien B C M ^c  

^a RIJNLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abdominal imaging; Acute abdomen; Adenomyomatosis; Cholecystitis; CT; Gallbladder carcinoma; Gallbladder disease; Gallbladder thickening; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADENOMYOMATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSE GALLBLADDER WALL THICKENING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CHOLECYSTOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846481086     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.1712     Document Type: Review

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