A girl dubbed the human turtle has baffled medics with an amazing series of tumors linking up across her body.
The tumors - made of massively swollen blood or lymph vessels - give 23-year-old Tian Yunting the appearance of a hard scaly skin.
But in fact, her rare medical condition means that even the slightest knock or jolt could burst the swollen vessels and she would bleed to death.
Tian has even had to give up college because the bus journey over bumpy unmade roads could have killed her.
"Even when I got there I couldn't sit down because the hard chairs might burst me," she explained.
Doctors in Zhangjiajie, southern China, say the condition is caused by a rare genetic deficiency called angiomas - but have never seen it on such a large scale.
"It can be controlled by regular removal of the tumors but that has to be done in hospital because there will be a lot of bleeding. This is the worst case we've ever seen," said one surgeon.
중국에 희귀한 종양을 가진 23살 여자애란다.
너무너무 안됐다..보는순간 너무 끔찍해서 눈을 질끈 감았지만
이렇게 건강하게 태어나고 살아간다는것만으로도 감사해야한다는 생각이 절실히 느껴지는 기사이다.
최악의 종양
Turtle girl baffles medics
A girl dubbed the human turtle has baffled medics with an amazing series of tumors linking up across her body.
The tumors - made of massively swollen blood or lymph vessels - give 23-year-old Tian Yunting the appearance of a hard scaly skin.
But in fact, her rare medical condition means that even the slightest knock or jolt could burst the swollen vessels and she would bleed to death.
Tian has even had to give up college because the bus journey over bumpy unmade roads could have killed her.
"Even when I got there I couldn't sit down because the hard chairs might burst me," she explained.
Doctors in Zhangjiajie, southern China, say the condition is caused by a rare genetic deficiency called angiomas - but have never seen it on such a large scale.
"It can be controlled by regular removal of the tumors but that has to be done in hospital because there will be a lot of bleeding. This is the worst case we've ever seen," said one surgeon.
중국에 희귀한 종양을 가진 23살 여자애란다.
너무너무 안됐다..보는순간 너무 끔찍해서 눈을 질끈 감았지만
이렇게 건강하게 태어나고 살아간다는것만으로도 감사해야한다는 생각이 절실히 느껴지는 기사이다.
이 종양은 살짝만 건드려도 터질수있고 과다출혈로 생명이 위험해질수있어서 의자에 앉고서는것도 자유롭지못하다고한다.
23살 어린여자애가 무슨 죄로...이렇게..끔찍한 종양을 달고 다녀야하는걸까....
아..........