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Trait

Urinary bladder wall hypertrophy

Increase in thickness of the wall of the urinary bladder. This finding may be seen in conditions such as bladder outlet obstruction and may be accompanied by increased trabeculation of the bladder wall musculature.

HPO HP:0008635

Summary

Also called
Hypertrophic urinary bladder, Hypertrophy of the urinary bladder wall, Urinary bladder wall thickening
Body system
Abnormality of the genitourinary system

1 gene linked to Urinary bladder wall hypertrophy

Changes in these genes cause rare conditions in which Urinary bladder wall hypertrophy is seen. Most people with this trait have none of those conditions, and a gene on this list says nothing about anyone's own genome.

GeneHow often it is seenConditions
PIGNphosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis class NSometimes (5–29%)In 1 condition

How often is among people with one of the gene's conditions, the most often across them, as the Human Phenotype Ontology records it. These pages describe traits and the research behind them; they are not a diagnosis, and a doctor or genetic counsellor is the person to ask about symptoms.

Broader traits

Abnormal bladder morphology

Where this comes from

  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the trait, its names, its definition and the genes linked to it. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.
  • Data release 2026.10.16-c6eea6bf.

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