What is Porcelain Gallbladder?
Porcelain gallbladder means the wall of the gallbladder has been calcified to a hard and bluish white texture resembling porcelain ceramic. This medical condition primarily results from a chronically inflamed organ. When many gallstones collect in the gallbladder, it becomes irritated, and precipitates calcification that might necessitate surgery. To understand the process that creates porcelain gallbladder, we must understand how this digestive organ works. The 4″ (10 cm) gallbladder stores bile, a kind of acid, that digests fats in what we eat. The cystic duct transfer bile made in the liver to the gallbladder. Then the gallbladder stores or passes along the right amount of bile through the common bile duct to the small intestine. When bile doesn’t successfully break down fat, perhaps due to a high fat diet, the extra cholesterol can crystallize into gallstones. Gallstones, even though they are tiny, can lodge in those ducts that carry bile and limit the flow of fluids. A build up of
Porcelain gallbladder means the wall of the gallbladder has been calcified to a hard and bluish white texture resembling porcelain ceramic. This medical condition primarily results from a chronically inflamed organ. When many gallstones collect in the gallbladder, it becomes irritated, and precipitates calcification that might necessitate surgery.
