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Bangladesh's 'tree man' is back in hospital and in need of more surgeries

The disease, which causes lesions that look similar to branches of a tree, is extremely rare and only a handful of cases have been reported around the world. 

A man from Bangladesh who suffers from a very rare genetic disease called the 'treeman syndrome' is now back in the hospital after the condition recurred despite several corrective surgeries in 2016. 

Twenty eight-year-old Abul Bajandar, from a small town in southern Bangladesh, had initially made headlines around the world three years ago when he had to undergo several very complex surgeries in order to remove lesions which look similar to branches of a tree emerging from his hands and feet.

The rare condition is scientifically known as 'epidermodysplasia verruciformis' and Bajandar has lived with the condition for more than two decades.