A young Bangladeshi female could be the first female afflicted by “tree man” syndrome. She has bark-like growths on her chin, ear and nose. Doctors are studying the rare genetic condition of 10-year old Sahana Khatun.
Doctors at Dhaka’s Medical College hospital are still conducting tests to establish if she has epidermodysplasia verruciformis, the unusual skin disorder.
“We believe she is the first woman,” Samanta Lal Sen, the head of the hospital’s burn and plastic surgery unit said.
“We are very poor. My daughter lost her mother when she was only six. I really hope that the doctors will remove the barks from my beautiful daughter’s face,” her father, Mohammad Shahjahan, said.
Another of Khatun’s doctors said the young patient was displaying a milder form of the disease, and it was hoped she would make a quicker recovery than those in the more advanced stages.
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