A 101-year-old woman in China has baffled doctors after growing a huge goat-like horn on her forehead.
Zhang Ruifang claims the growth first appeared only last year and has since expanded to be more than 6cm long, Britain�s Daily Mail newspaper reports.
Now her family in Linlou, Henan province, are concerned about a second mark on the other side of her forehead.
"[At first] we didn�t pay too much attention to it," said Mrs Zhang�s youngest son Zhang Guozheng.
"Now something is also growing on the right side of her forehead � it�s quite possible that it�s another horn."
Mrs Zhang�s growth has not been officially diagnosed but the newspaper said it was most likely an extreme version of a cutaneous horn.
Cutaneous horns are made up of keratin � the protein found in fingernails � and are typically seen in elderly people who have had prolonged exposure to sunlight.
But the growths are usually only a few millimetres in length.
Cutaneous horns can be surgically removed but there is no way to cure the condition, meaning they may grow back.
Source : NineMsn.com.au
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