Meeting
Abstract Number: 198
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Patients with increasing age and medical complexity are undergoing colorectal surgery. Medical complications are not uncommon, and may contribute to higher mortality. We implemented a unique surgical co-management (SCM) model in July 2014 at our institution where two SCM hospitalists were dedicated to Colorectal surgery year round. Each patient was screened daily by a […]
Abstract Number: 874
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 47 year old woman with Lynch syndrome presented with only intermittent abdominal discomfort and mucus in her stools for several months. Colonoscopy showed patchy erythema in the cecum and the transverse colon. The pathology revealed high-grade dysplasia with focal intramucosal signet ring cell carcinoma. Immunohistochemical stains were positive for CD68, CDX2, pankeratin […]