Gallbladder hydrops
The term gallbladder mucocele refers to an overdistended gallbladder filled with mucoid or clear and watery content. Usually noninflammatory, it results from outlet obstruction of the gallbladder and is commonly caused by an impacted stone in the neck of the gallbladder or in the cystic duct.
Symptoms of a gallbladder mucocele include the following:
Right-upper-quadrant (RUQ) pain or epigastric pain and discomfort
Nausea and vomiting
The following suggest other conditions:
Continuance of pain or persistence of tenderness for longer than 6 hours - Acute cholecystitis
Fever and chills - Infected bile, with possible gallbladder empyema
Jaundice - Coexisting obstruction of the common bile duct (CBD)
Physical findings include the following:
Minimal acute inflammatory signs
Large, palpable, somewhat tender mass