| ABIM | American Board of Internal Medicine |
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| ABIMCE | American Board of Internal Medicine certifying examination |
| APDIM | Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine |
| ASAIO | American Society for Artificial Internal Organs |
| ASIF | Association for Study of Internal Fixation |
| pilonidal fistula | A dimple in the crease between the buttocks. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| colocutaneous fistula | A fistula between the colon and the skin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coloileal fistula | A fistula between the colon and the ileum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| colonic fistula | Internal, a fistula between the colon and a hollow viscus, external, a fistula between the colon and the skin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| colovaginal fistula | A fistula between colon and vagina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| colovesical fistula | A fistula between colon and urinary bladder. Synonym: vesicocolic fistula. (05 Mar 2000) |
| complete fistula | A fistula that is open at both ends. (05 Mar 2000) |
| congenital pulmonary arteriovenous fistula | Abnormal congenital communication between pulmonary arteries and veins usually found in the lung parenchyma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cutaneous fistula | An abnormal passage or communication leading from an internal organ to the surface of the body, as bronchocutaneous, vesicocutaneous, renocutaneous, colocutaneous, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |
| salivary fistula | A pathologic communication between a salivary duct or gland and the cutaneous surface or the oral mucus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| salivary gland fistula | An abnormal passage between a salivary duct or gland and the cutaneous surface, or into the oral cavity through other than a normal pathway. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hepatic fistula | A fistula leading to the liver. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hepatopleural fistula | A fistula between the liver and the pleural space. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulmonary fistula | A parietal fistula communicating with the lung. (05 Mar 2000) |
| horseshoe fistula | An anal fistula partially encircling the anus and opening at both extremities on the cutaneous surface. (05 Mar 2000) |