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"BLADDER WALL THICKENING"

“ May be focal ( malignancy ) or diffuse ( outflow obstruction, neurogenic bladder or chronic infection ). US •   Bladder wall measures >...

May be focal (malignancy) or diffuse (outflow obstruction, neurogenic bladder or chronic infection).
US

•  Bladder wall measures >5 mm when distended.
•  Trabeculation and diverticula suggest chronic outflow obstruction.
 Debris or stones in the bladder seen with neurogenic bladder.
•  Small, thick-walled fibrotic bladder suggests tuberculosis (TB) or schistosomiasis.

CT

•  Emphysematous cystitis (gas in the bladder wall) 

•  Calcification in the bladder wall seen with TB, schistosomiasis and malignancy
Coned in view of a plain abdominal radiograph of the lower abdomen showing gas within the wall of the urinary bladder (white arrow). The diagnosis is emphysematous cystitis.