Porcelain Gallbladder

Description

Porcelain gallbladder refers to the condition in which the inner gallbladder wall is encrusted with calcium. The wall becomes brittle, hard, and often takes on a bluish hue. It is usually found incidentally on plain abdominal x-rays or other imaging because most patients are asymptomatic. The extent of gallbladder wall involvement varies from the presence of a single calcified plaque adhered to the mucosal layer to total full-thickness replacement of the tissue of the entire gallbladder wall with calcium

References

• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5135451/
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK518979/