WOMAN WITH THE GIANT LEG - MANDY SELLARS

    

Mandy Sellars is a woman with a rare genetic mutation that has resulted in extraordinary growth in both of her legs.

In 2006, some doctors diagnosed Sellars as having Proteus syndrome , a very rare condition thought to afflict only 120 people worldwide,but more recent diagnoses have focused on a PIK3CA gene mutation. Some reports still describe her affliction as a rare form of Proteus Syndrome.

CERVICAL EROSION

THE CERVIX is a cylinder-shaped neck of tissue that connects the vagina and uterus. The cervix is made of cartilage covered by smooth, moist tissue, and is about 1 inch across. There are two main portions of the cervix:

• The part of the cervix that can be seen from inside the vagina during a gynecologic examination is known as the ectocervix. An opening in the center of the ectocervix, known as the external os, opens to allow passage between the uterus and vagina.
• The endocervix, or endocervical canal, is a tunnel through the cervix, from the external os into the uterus. 

NOSE PLUGS - APATANI WOMEN

The Apatani, also known as the Tanni, are a tribal group of approximately 26,000, based in in Ziro, in the Apatani Plateau of Arunachal Pradesh, in India. Nowadays the plugs are mostly worn by the elderly women, but there was a time when all the women in the tribe we required to wear the bizarre accessories. 

HARLEQUIN ICHTHYOSIS

HARLEQUIN ICHTHYOSIS a skin disease, is the most severe form of congenital ichthyosis, characterized by a thickening of the keratin layer in fetal human skin.In sufferers of the disease the skin contains massive, diamond-shaped scales, and tends to have a reddish color. In addition, the eyes,ears,penis and the appendages may be abnormally contracted. The scaly keratin greatly limits the child's movement. Because of resultant cracked skin in locations where normal skin would fold, it is easily pregnable by bacteria and other contaminants, resulting in serious risk of fatal infection.

FIBRODYSPLASIA OSSIFICANS PROGRESSIVA -STONE MAN SYNDROME

 Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), is a rare, inherited disorder characterized by progressive fibrosing and ossification of muscles, tendons, fascia, aponeurosis and ligaments of multiple sites that is disabling and ultimately fatal. The process of heterotopic ossification starts between 2 and 5 years old.

MADURA FOOT- MYCETOMA

Mycetoma is a chronic subcutaneous infection caused by actinomycetes or fungi. This infection results in a granulomatous inflammatory response in the deep dermis and subcutaneous tissue, which can extend to the underlying bone.

STRANGE CULTURES - NECK RINGS

The Kayan are a subgroup of the Red Karen (Karenni) people, a Tibeto-Burman ethnic minority of Burma (Myanmar).Women of the Kayan tribes identify themselves by their forms of dress. Women of the Kayan Lahwi tribe are well known for wearing neck rings, brass coils that are placed around the neck, appearing to lengthen it. The women wearing these coils are known as "giraffe women" to tourists.

CROUZON SYNDROME

Petero Byakatonda lives in a remote village in Uganda. Born with an extremely rare disorder, his skull is being forced into a cone shape, squashing his brain and destroying his eyesight.