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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.
Why gallbladder thickening in dengue fever?
the body is fighting the infection
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.
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.
How do you test for thickening of the uterus wall?
Typically via ultrasound
What does the release of CCK lead to?
Contraction of the gallbladder wall
What is pericholecystic fluid?
is a fluid collected around the gallbladder's wall.
What treatment exists for patients with gallbladder cancer?
Early Stage I cancers involving only the innermost layer of the gallbladder wall can be cured by simple removal of the gallbladder. Cancers at this stage are sometimes found incidentally when the gallbladder is removed.
What does thick mucoperiosteal reaction in the right maxillary antrum mean?
Mucoperiosteal reaction = sinus wall thickening. Typically this is secondary to chronic sinus opacification (Chronic rhionosinusitis).
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.
What is the removal of the gallbladder through a very small opening in the abdominal wall called?
The removal of the gallbladder through a very small opening in the abdominal wall is called laparoscopic cholecystectomy. This minimally invasive surgical technique involves using a laparoscope and small instruments to remove the gallbladder.
What is an anta?
An anta is a kind of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster.
