Wednesday, January 7, 2009

RARE MEDICAL CASES

. Chinese woman, Wang Chen, suffers elephantiasis which has left her with legs weighing 50 kilos



Indian 'goddess' ... baby Lali was born with two faces but her parents say she is eating and breathing normally. Many locals in the deeply religious country consider her a deity



Duangjai Samaksamarn has the world's biggest hands

Heavy ... her oversized hands and arms are caused by an imbalance in hormones



Dede's warts are thought to be life threatening but American dermatologist Anthony Gaspari (L) is hopeful he will be able to successfully treat the 35-year-old's condition



"Tree man"... but in Indonesia, experts are still trying to find out why a man has grown incredibly long warts on his hands and feet that resemble tree roots



Rex Xin from China underwent a lengthy operation to remove a "spare" arm from her back



15-year-old Vietnamese girl Lai Thi Dao has had the largest-ever reported Schwannoma tumour entirely removed from her face after 12 hour surgery in Miami

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