Her grandmother grew a strange long horn on her head

Doctors in China have just received an extremely rare case: a nearly 90-year-old grandmother horned over 12cm above her head.

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According to the People's Daily website, Ms. Liang Xiuzhen from Sichuan Province, southwestern China went to see doctors with an unusually long horn on her head. The horn began to grow on this 87-year-old woman's head almost 2 years ago and is still continuing to grow.

Medical records record, nearly 8 years ago, Ms. Liang had a large black mole in the area that is currently horned. When the mole begins to cause itching, her family uses a local herbal remedy for treatment. Because the remedy proved effective without side effects, the family continued to let Ms. Liang use it for a long time.

However, almost 2 years ago, the mole cracked and a small horn began to grow from that skin. At first, the horn was only about the size of a small nail and about 2.5cm long.

Mrs. Liang Xiuzhen with a horn on her head

Liang's son, Wang Zhaojun, said: "We visited the hospital and the doctors could not diagnose the abnormal tumor. My mother did not like going to the hospital because she thought it would not be possible for her to return. home if you go there ".

When the papillary tumor did not seem to grow up anymore, Ms. Liang's family ignored it. By early this year, when Mr. Wang washed his mother's hair, he accidentally touched the horn. A new horn quickly replaced the original horn and developed very fast. In just 6 months, it was 12.7cm long and about 5cm in diameter.

The hard papillae now look exactly like an animal's horn, considering its shape and color. However, the skin around the horn was thin, red and sometimes blood dripped. Ms. Liang revealed that the horn caused her pain and for pain so much that she could not sleep.

The doctors now recognize the tumor on the head of Ms. Liang, the skin horn . This structure can be removed through surgery, depending on the patient's physical condition.

However, because the horn is growing very fast, doctors are also concerned that it may be cancerous. Her son Liang also hoped to convince his mother to take any appropriate treatment.

Although Ms. Liang's head horns were rare, it was not the first case of this type ever recorded. In 2010, Zhang Ruifang, 101, in Henan, China, also grew a horn longer than 5cm on her forehead. There is no information available, whether Ms. Zhang will treat this tumor.