Shocking images: a young man was suffering from a toenail malformation

May 7, 2019

The doctors in charge of his study exposed this case and made public the shocking photographs of this 25-year-old man's foot.

25-year-old Indian woman with lipomatous macrodistrophy, a conbad anomaly that resulted in the growth of bones, tissues and nerves of two of his fingers. The doctors in charge of his case were those who shared these shocking images.

The patient, whose identity is unknown, He kept this problem hidden in his foot by wearing special shoes so as not to be mocked by his clbadmates during his school years.. Although they tried to convince him to perform a surgical reduction, the young man refused because he feared that he would regenerate and that his height would increase even more.

"I was told that the operation could reduce the size of the deformity, but the chances of recurrence were great.I was scared and that is why I refused the surgery, "he said.

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But at 20, this malformation became an obstacle during his travels because the swelling prevented him from walking. He then decided to seek help at the Institute of Medical Sciences of India in New Delhi when his condition progressively worsened..

The 25-year-old has accepted the operation and is continuing treatment to stop this rare disease. The doctors noticed that the patient was suffering from gigantism on two of his right toes, while the rest of his fingers remained of a normal size.

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Dr. Chandan Das was the main author of the case exposed in BMJ case report. The specialist explained that the Lipomatous macrodistrophy normally affects the lower limbs and is not hereditary., but it can appear randomly in people.