Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Bizarre Skin Condition in Eastern Europe
I am currently pouring over my old medical journals and papers in an attempt to diagnose this disorder, brought to my attention by the folks over at Neatorama. Does anyone have an idea what this is?
A friend of mine has a relative who is a missionary in Eastern Europe. He recently shared photographs and the story of a man he is caring for, who has an extremely bizarre skin condition. The man has keratin-like matter growing out of the skin on hands and feet, which started when he was young, and very slowly continues to spread and grow. The areas begin as skin lesions, and the matter sprouts from those spots. The growths are very difficult to remove, and the man has so far just had to learn to live with it. There are a few medical precedents to this man's case, but nothing is certain until more tests are done. In the meantime, the missionary is helping to make life easier for the man.
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UPDATED: CLICK HERE
Labels: deformity, disfigured, medical
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It's definitely a fascinating story! Hope that more updates come with this. I think it's odd that a lot of details are left vague though (such as location).
This DNA based virus comes in many forms and often causes skin cancer, the form depicted in the photograph is clearly a rare one, similar to the Shopes variant found in rabbits as Drew suggested.
It's papillomavirus that causes Lewandowsky-Lutz syndrome.
It's pretty rare one (syndrome). Probably some genetical mutation is needed to be vulnerable.
some man in Indonesia has a almost identical thing,
and not sure but( doing this from memory from the TV show on it)
it had to do with the immune system and a very aggressive form of warts? maybe. best of luck