Presentation
Incidental finding on scans performed for other reasons.
Patient Data
Age: 55 years
Gender: Female
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Selected images of ultrasound show gallbladder fundal region wall thickening with no internal vascularity. The liver parenchyma around the gallbladder fossa has normal appearances.
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Typical features of gallbladder fundal adenomyomatosis. Simple hepatic cysts also noted.
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Typical features of gallbladder fundal adenomyomatosis. Simple hepatic cysts also noted.
Case Discussion
Adenomyomatosis of the gallbladder is a hyperplastic cholecystosis of the gallbladder wall and a common and benign cause of diffuse or focal gallbladder wall thickening.
Three morphological types of adenomyomatosis are described:
- fundal (localized) - this case
- segmental (annular)
- generalized (diffuse)