The man who's turning into a TREE: Bangladeshi suffers rare condition that causes tree-like 'roots' to grow from his hands and feet

A Bangladeshi man dubbed as the tree-man because of wart-like lesions growing from his hands and feet has been admitted to 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 years. 

Doctors at the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) will now decide on his treatment after forming a medical board of experts.

Abul Bajandar, 25, from Khulna, in Bangladesh, has been suffering from a disease known as Epidermodysplasia verruciformis, where tree-lie roots grow from his hands 

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The rare inherited skin disorder means gnarled growths sprout from his hands and feet. Medics will now decide on his treatment after forming a medical board of experts in Bangladesh 

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Mr Bajandar sits on his bad at a hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, as medics come together to discuss possible treatments for him 

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The skin condition, which is in inherited, cases wart-like lesions on the body. The lesions are pictured on Mr Bajandar's feet above 

WHAT IS EPIDERMODYSPLASIA VERRUCIFORMIS?

Epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV) is a rare and inherited skin disorder which creates wart-like lesions anywhere on the body. 

The condition is caused by infection with the human papillomavirus and can create widespread skin eruptions, including wartlike lesions and reddish-brown pigmented plaques. 

In order to inherit the disease two abnormal EV genes, one from each parent, must be present. No serious treatment against EV has been found, yet several treatments have been suggested. 

Notable cases include a Romanian man named Ion Toader who was diagnosed with the condition in March 2007, and the Dede Koswara, from Indonesia.  

Dr Samanta Lal Sen, chief coordinator of National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery of the DMCH, made the announcement today. 

On duty doctors visited Mr Bajandar at the burn unit, where he had been admitted today. 

According to the dailystar.net, the ricksaw-van puller was previously taken to the Gazi Medical College Hospital in Khulna. 

According to local reports, the original tree-man Dede Koswara, of Indonesia, died today. Tribunnnews.com reported that it wasn't the disease to cause his death. 

In 2008 the Discovery Channel told the story Mr Koswara. In the programme, he returned home from hospital after having six kilo warts surgically removed from his body. 

An American doctor had previously said the warts were the result of severe Human Pappiloma Virus (HPV) infection and doctors thought his type was the worst in the world. 

The father-of-two first noticed the warts on his body after cutting his knee as a teenager.

He was later sacked from his job and shunned by neighbours when the branch-like growths covered much of his body and stopped him from working. 

At the time it was reported that he would need at least two operations every year. 

Previously, Mr Koswara was forced to take part in a circus act in Bandung in order to make ends meet. 

But once his case was publicised donations from the public began to flood in for his treatment. 

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On duty doctors from a burns unit are expected to visit Mr Bajandar, who is pictured lying on a hospital bed in Dhaka

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The ricksaw-van puller, who has been suffering from the rare skin disorder for seven years, is checked over by a doctor at the hospital 

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Mr Bajandar was admitted to the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) today with the condition, which he has suffered from for seven years

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The condition means that branch-like growths sprout from Mr Bajandar's hands, which are placed on a hospital bed above