Doctors in Bangladesh will form a medical board to assess a 10-year-old girl with bark-like warts growing out of her face.
She is believed to be suffering from tree-man syndrome, a rare genetic hereditary skin disorder.
A six-member medical board will be formed to assess Shahana Khatun's illness, Dr Samanta Lal of Dhaka Medical College Hospital..
Her treatment will be free of cost, according to a media report.
Shahana Khatun's father Shahjahan Mia, a farmer became concerned when a growth previously thought to be prickly heat rashes started to spread and grow on his daughters face,
Previously, Abul Bajandar, 26, also known as "tree man" has undergone at least 18 operations at the same hospital where Shahana is receiving treatment.
Tree-man disease is a rare skin disorder, which covers limbs with warts, making them look like tree branches.
A Romanian man was first diagnosed with the disease in March 2007. Another case was reported in Indonesia in November the same year in a 35-year-old fisherman.
The last reported case also occurred in Indonesia in 2009.
About Tree Man Disease- Epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV, also called Lewandowsky–Lutz dysplasia)
- This is colloquially known as tree man illness.
- It is 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.
- This will result in the growth of scaly macules and papules, particularly on the hands and feet.
- The condition usually has an onset of between the ages of one and 20, but can occasionally present in middle age.
- Discovered by: Felix Lewandowsky and Wilhelm Lutz (de).
