An Ancillary Central Catheter Emergency Support Service Team Staffed by Surgical Personnel Improves Workflow During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Crisis.

. The SARS-CoV-2 novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has posed significant challenges to urban health centers across the United States. Many hospitals are reallocating resources to best handle the influx of critical patients.

Ectopic salivary gland found on rectal biopsy-a rare pathological diagnosis.

Background: Heterotopic tissue can be found throughout the GI tract, most commonly being gastric tissue. The finding of ectopic salivary tissue located in the GI tract is an exceedingly rare finding. We present a case of an otherwise healthy 30-year-old male with rectal bleeding who underwent biopsy of a submucosal rectal lesion with pathologic findings of ectopic salivary gland tissue.

Intrathoracic Myxoid Spindle Cell Lipoma: A Rare Presentation of a Myxoid Neoplasm.

Here we present the case of a 38-year-old man with an incidentally found right upper lobe lung mass. The patient underwent thoracoscopic resection of the mass, which revealed a myxoid spindle cell lipoma. That is an exceedingly rare location for this tumor biology, and here we discuss its pathologic features and treatment options.

Undiagnosed hypothyroidism presenting with sigmoid volvulus.

The incidence of hypothyroidism presenting with sigmoid volvulus, a phenomenon known as myxedema pseudovolvulus, is exceedingly rare. A male in his late thirties presented to our institution with a chief complaint of abdominal pain. The patient underwent CT scan, which was consistent with massive colonic dilatation with sigmoid volvulus.

An uncommon case of severe accidental hypothermia in an urban setting.

Accidental hypothermia is an uncommon presentation in urban settings. Here we present a patient admitted with a core temperature of 26.6°C (80°F) and a serum potassium of 8.