violin string adhesions
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violin string adhesions
A descriptor for the taut fibrous bands between the anterior parietal peritoneum and the anterior face of the liver, typical of N gonorrhoeae-induced perihepatitis, which may be accompanied by RUQ pain, fever and a hepatic friction rub; VSAs also occur in the uterine adnexae in PID due to Chlamydia trachomatis and in fibrinous mesothelial inflammation of the pericardium, pleura, peritoneumMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.