Diminutive colon polyp coexisting with a large lipoma: an endoscopic 'rarity'.

Lipomas are the most common nonepithelial tumours of the gastrointestinal tract. In the colon, however, lipomas are uncommon. Herein we report the case of a patient who had a large colonic lipoma with an overlying bleeding diminutive colon polyp that was successfully resected using endoscopic electrocautery.

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in a patient with myxedema ascites.

Ascites is uncommon in patients with hypothyroidism. Herein we describe an 84-year-old female patient with myxedema ascites that resolved completely with thyroid replacement medication. Bacteriological studies of the ascitic fluid revealed gram-negative rods which eventually proved to be Klebsiella pneumoniae treated successfully with antibiotics.