A Bangladeshi man, often called as the tree-man has been admitted to the hospital. Abul Bajandar, 25, from Khulna, has been suffering from a disease known as Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis - a rare and inherited skin disorder - for the past Seven Yeara.
The doctors of the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital have formed a medical board of experts and will now decide about the treatment required for Bajandar.
Epidermodysplasia verruciformis (also called Lewandowsky-Lutz dysplasia), colloquially known as tree man illness is an extremely rare autosomal recessive genetic hereditary skin disorder associated with a high risk of carcinoma of the skin. It is characterized by abnormal susceptibility to human papillomaviruses (HPVs) of the skin. The resulting uncontrolled HPV infections result in the growth of scaly macules and papules, particularly on the hands and feet.
In order to inherit the disease two abnormal EV genes, one from each parent, must be present. No treatment has been found yet, though many treatments are suggested.
Some known cases of Epidermodysplasia verruciformis are, a Romanian man who was diagnosed with this same condition in 2007 and also one from Indonesia.
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