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Could you please help me find an answer! what would cause a distended gallbladder without gallstones?

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Could be normal: Fasting can cause the gallbladder to be distended when examined by ultrasound. A stone too small to see at the gallbladder neck can do this as well as a stone in the common bile duct. Narrowing of the bile duct where it empties into the duodenum by stricture or tumor can do this as well as pancreatic cancer.

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Answered 7/21/2018

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