Colonic lipomas are infrequent lesions, yet they are the second most common benign lesions of the colon after benign adenomatous polyps. Their treatment ranges from observation to segmental colectomy and has been a matter of debate since Bauer first reported them in 1757. With the advent of new technologies, therapeutic options now include observation, endoscopic removal, laparoscopic removal, ...

Body density measurements have been used since 1757 for studying body composition in human subjects. Robertson was the first to apply the Archimedes principle to underwater weighing (14). Behnke was however the first one to use a correction for residual volume and to obtain a good indiction of the fat mass by underwater weighing (2). Rathbun & Pace (12); Brozek et al (3) and Siri (13) evolved a...