A 60-Year-old was operated on in India to the urethra, then took a shocking discovery: his bell-end, a protuberance arose. The reasons for the horn-like outgrowth of the doctors is unclear.
The horns repel gets in this unusual medical case, a whole new meaning: As the magazine British Medical Journal (BMJ) reported, complained of a 60-year-old Patient on a Horn grew out of his Penis. On the page with the report a picture of the rare growth.
It was removed and started to grow again
The outgrowth of the acorn, it is a skin of horn, made of the fibrous protein Keratin, which can form at various parts of the body. In the case of the Indian patients, the phenomenon occurred after an Operation on the urethra. It had initially been superficial cut, then grew, however, in the same place again and reached a size of 2.5 centimeters.
Then, a second surgical procedure to remove the Horn, and a biopsy followed, to cancer, to exclude. Since then, the man of his Suffering is redeemed, and the site healed well, but he must still regularly check.
The reasons for this are unclear
According to the report, the BMJ, 42 to 56 percent of such growths are benign – malignant Findings, the removal of the horn is not sufficient but must be supplemented by a further therapy. A skin graft may be necessary. Affected move usually in the treatment, if you notice the disfiguration of your genital organ, or impairment suffer in their sexual life.
The causes for Penis growth how the of patients, however, are unclear, although various factors are associated, for example, malignant skin growths, foreskin stenosis, surgical injury, or radiation therapies. As the magazine reported, had been circumcised, the Patient as a child, but had no medical history that would indicate a growth of the horn.