Unicorn woman in China is set to remove her horn after 8 years of growth

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The 87-year-old's family say a mole-like growth on her head has developed into a 13cm-long hard mass resembling a horn

Liang Xiuzhen, the 87-year-old is a resident of Guiyan village in Ziyang City, in south-west China’s Sichuan Province. Her son said: "My mother complained about this mole-like growth on her head that itched all the time. "We found ways to cure her itch using traditional Chinese medicine, and then left it be."

Two years ago however, the mole gave way to a small horn-like mass the size of a little finger.

Xiuzhen accidentally "broke"  the small horn this February, and in its place her current horn began growing rapidly over the past six months.

Her son said: "Now the horn hurts my mother and prevents her from sleeping. It also bleeds from time to time."

 

Doctors diagnosed the so-called unicorn horn as "cornu cutaneum" (cutaneous horn), a keratinous skin tumour that has the appearance of a horn.

Doctors believe they can remove the growth through surgery, but the family has its reservations due to Xiuzhen’s old age and are considering other options.

"My mother is old, and the horn is on her head which is a very sensitive area. I’m not confident [in the idea of] surgery," he added. "If something goes wrong [during surgery], it would be terrible."

 

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/unicorn-woman-set-horn-removed-6329793

[djBuffoon 12,235]

Pain like I couldn't even imagine.  :-( 

[Sizzily 14,571]

God that looks and sounds so painful. Best of luck to her.

[Stephen 30,433]

wtf how is that even possible D: 

[Hexxx 2,244]

eww  i pictured something majestic tbh before entering this thread

[Goosey 3,017]

 

 

[RAMROD 117,080]

Poor woman, hope all goes well with the surgery or treatments.

[Probglum 824]

eww  i pictured something majestic tbh before entering this thread