A Bangladeshi man, Abul Bajandar, known as the "Tree Man" because of bark-like growths on his body, has been admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) as the rare syndrome reportedly came back.
He has been admitted to DMCH's burn unit after consultations with doctors, said Samanta Lal Sen, the chief plastic surgeon at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
Bajandar said: “Doctors asked me to get admitted to the hospital, hence I got admitted to DMCH's burn unit again.”
He added that root-like growths came back again from the wrists of both his hands to the top of his fingers. Besides, his two legs were also in the same condition.
Bajandar has had 25 operations since 2016 to remove growths from his hands and feet caused by a syndrome.
Doctors had believed they had beaten the disease but Bajandar fled a Dhaka clinic in May last year following a relapse.
Earlier, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina promised free treatment for Bajandar after his plight made national and international headlines.
Bajander lived in the hospital's private wing for nearly two years during his first round of treatment.
Fewer than half a dozen people around the world are believed to have the syndrome.
The hospital also treated a young Bangladeshi girl suffering from the condition in 2017.
Doctors declared her surgery a success, but her father later said the growths had returned in even greater numbers and the family halted the treatment and returned to their village.
Our DMCH correspondent Aminul Islam Babu contributed to the report
