The name of the 87 year old woman is Liang Xiuzhen and she is from Guiyan village in Ziyang City, south-west China’s Sichuan Province ::: According to Wang Chaojun, Xiuzhen’s son, the growth started about 8 years ago - "My mother complained about this mole-like growth on her head that itched all the time, we found ways to cure her itch using traditional Chinese medicine, but, two years ago, the mole turned to a growth, which rapidly grew into this horn in about 6 months. "Now the horn hurts my mother and prevents her from sleeping. It also bleeds from time to time." the son said. Doctors in China say it is knwon as "cornu cutaneum" (cutaneous horn), a keratinous skin tumour that has the appearance of a horn, the growth can in some cases be much larger and malignant says Doctors.
