Thickening of gallbladder wall in chronic liver disease – a marker for esophageal varices

Autor:	Shamsi Ara Begum, Arif Akbar Saibal, Kanta Das, Sharmistha Dey, Akhtar Uddin Ahmed, A S Mohiuddin, Mohsin Kabir
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	Gallbladder thickening Esophageal varices Medicine
Zdroj:	IMC Journal of Medical Science, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 18-20 (2012)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	2519-1721 2519-1586
Popis:	This study was done to find out the relationship between gallbladder wall thickening and esophageal varices in chronic liver disease (CLD) patients. A total of 61 CLD patients were included and divided into two groups. Group A included 13 CLD patients with no oesophageal varices and Group B composed of 48 CLD patients with esophageal varices. Mean gallbladder wall thickness (GBWT) of Group B was 5.6±0.2mm compared to 2.7±0.1mm of Group A. The mean differences of GBWT were statistically significant between group A and group B (P
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