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abdominal aortic aneurysm

abdominal aortic coarctation

abdominoperitoneal resection

abetalipoproteinemia

abnormal (deviating from the usual structure, position, condition, or behavior.)

abnormal heart chamber dimensions

abnormal placental size

absent distal clavicle

absent nasal septum

acalculous cholecystitis

acanthosis nigricans

accessory spleen

achalasia

achondroplasia

acoustic neuroma

acquired hyperostosis syndrome

acrocephalosyndactylia

acromegaly

acro-osteolysis (recommend using hyphen when vowel and/or consonant is the same)

acute extrinsic allergic alveolitis

acute kidney transplant rejection

acute lower GI hemorrhage

acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL)

acute pancreatitis

acute spinal cord compression

acute testicular pain

acute upper GI hemorrhage

adenoid cystic cancer

adenoma sebaceum

adenomatous colon polyps

adenomyomatosis of gallbladder

admixture lesion

adrenal adenoma

adrenal angiography

adrenal calcification

adrenal cyst

adrenal hemorrhage

adrenal imaging

adrenal mass

adrenal myelolipoma

adrenalectomy

adrenoleukodystrophy

adynamic ileus simulating bowel obstruction

agenesis of corpus callosum

airless lung

alcohol

Alexander disease

allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis

alpha fetoprotein (aFP)

aluminum breakthrough

amiodarone

amyloidosis

amyloidosis: bone manifestations

amyloidosis: gastrointestinal manifestations

Andersson lesion (yes two “s” letters - seen in ankylosing spondylitis)

anesthesia

aneurysmal bone cyst

angiodysplasia

angiofibroma

angiogram

angiography (the imaging of veins and arteries.)

angiomyolipoma

aniridia

ankle anatomy

ankylosing spondylitis

anosmia

anterior (towards the front of the body in an anatomical coordinates)

anterior vertebral scalloping

anticarcinogenic

aortic aneurysm

aortic aneurysm

aortic coarctation

aortic dissection: classification

aortic dissection: etiology

aortic laceration

aortic pseudocoarctation

aortic regurgitation

aortic regurgitation: etiology

aortic stenosis

Apert syndrome

apical cap

apical interstitial lung disease

appendicitis

aqueductal stenosis

arachnodactyly

arachnoiditis

arc of Buehler

arc of Riolan

Arnold-Chiari malformation

arrhythmia

arterial steal syndrome

arteriogram

artery

artery of Adamkiewicz

artery of Bernasconi and Cassinari

arthritis, juvenile rheumatoid

arthritis, osteoarthritis

arthritis, rheumatoid

arthrogryposis

arthropathy, neurogenic

artifact (appears in an image, not present in the imaged object.)

asbestos lung disease

asbestosis

ascariasis

ascites in neonates

Asherman disease

Ask-Upmark kidney

aspirin

asplenia / polysplenia syndromes

astrocytoma

atelectasis

atherosclerosis

atlantoaxial subluxation

atlas fracture

atrial

atrial fibrillation

atrial septal defect (ASD – medical transcriptionisits - do not make atrioseptal)

autologous bone marrow transplant

avascular necrosis (AVN)

avascular necrosis (AVN) staging

axial

axillary lymph node dissection

axis fracture

azygos continuation of interrupted IVC

azygos pseudolobe



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