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| Bangladeshi man with rare condition that makes skin 'look like wood' to receive specialist treatment | Bangladeshi man with rare condition that makes skin 'look like wood' to receive specialist treatment |
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| A Bangladeshi man who has been suffering for years from a rare skin disease could be set to recieve specialist treatment. | A Bangladeshi man who has been suffering for years from a rare skin disease could be set to recieve specialist treatment. |
| Abul Bajandar, 25, from Khulna in the south west of the country, suffers from Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis, a skin condition causing extreme growths. The growths caused by the disease have been likened to that of tree bark and roots. | Abul Bajandar, 25, from Khulna in the south west of the country, suffers from Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis, a skin condition causing extreme growths. The growths caused by the disease have been likened to that of tree bark and roots. |
| Mr Bajandar was admitted to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital earlier today, reported the Daily Star Bangladesh. A team of doctors from the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, led by director Dr Samanta Lal Sen, will examine him and discuss treatment options. | Mr Bajandar was admitted to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital earlier today, reported the Daily Star Bangladesh. A team of doctors from the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, led by director Dr Samanta Lal Sen, will examine him and discuss treatment options. |
| Dr Lal Sen said to The Independent: "We have decided to have some investigation including biopsy. After that we will improve his general condition and the slowly we we will go for series of surgical procedure. It will take few weeks time to prepare him. All the treatment will be in our unit." | |
| Dr Lal Sen also said that the treatment would be undertaken at the expense of the government. | |
| He was previously being treated in the burns unit of Gazi Medical College Hospital in Khulna. | He was previously being treated in the burns unit of Gazi Medical College Hospital in Khulna. |
| Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis is a rare hereditary condition, often causing skin tumours and chracterised by an "unusual susceptibility to infection with specific types of human papillomavirus" according to the US National Library of Medicine. | Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis is a rare hereditary condition, often causing skin tumours and chracterised by an "unusual susceptibility to infection with specific types of human papillomavirus" according to the US National Library of Medicine. |
| The Independent has contacted Dr Samanta Lal Sen for comment. | The Independent has contacted Dr Samanta Lal Sen for comment. |