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"PORCELAIN GALLBLADDER"

Due to chronic cholecystitis, there is dense wall calcification. Associated with malignancy in up to 30% , t herefore a prophylactic cholecy...

Due to chronic cholecystitis, there is dense wall calcification.
Associated with malignancy in up to 30%, therefore a prophylactic cholecystectomy should be offered.
90%associated with gallstones 
US
•  Dense acoustic shadowing from the calcified wall—easily mistaken for gas
CT 
•  Circumferential, dense gallbladder wall calcification
Porcelain gallbladder. Axial computed tomography images of the abdomen with intravenous contrast demonstrating a circumferential dense mural calcification of the gallbladder.