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What is bladder wall thickening?
Bladder wall thickening is exactly what it sounds like. The wall of your bladder is thickening if you have bladder wall thickening.
What does thickening of the bladder mean?
The wall of the urinary bladder should not be > 3 mm thick when distended and not > 5 mm thick when decompressed. The thickened wall could be due to the edema (swelling) of the wall which can happen due to the inflammation(cystitis) or the thickening could be due to the deposition of urinary sediments on the walls of the bladder. These are the 2 commonest causes. Bladder cancer is another cause. Generally if you are diagnosed with thickening of the bladder you will be sent to a urologist and have a cystoscopy performed.
What does this mean bladder wall?
The bladder wall is the outside of the bladder, the organ that stores urine.
What is helical thickening?
Helical thickening, also known as spiral thickening, is a form of sculpturing. Helical thickenings are part of the S3 layer of the secondary wall.
How do you test for thickening of the uterus wall?
Typically via ultrasound
What muscle lines the bladder wall?
The main muscle in the bladder is called the Detrusor muscle (which is a smooth muscle). it is circular.
Which condition occurs when the detrusor muscle in the wall of the bladder is too active?
Overactive bladder
What is the thickening of the inner wall of an artery called?
Arteriosclerosis is the medical term meaning progressive thickening of the inner walls of arteries.
Surrounding the urinary bladder?
There s the sphincter around the opening of the bladder.
What cells are found in the walls of the bladder?
Epithelial cells are the most common cells of the bladder wall.
What is an anta?
An anta is a kind of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster.
What is The surgical fixation of the bladder to abdominal wall?
Hepatoplasty?
