The horn had managed to grow to a size of 14cm (5.5inches) in length and 5.8cm (2.2inches) in width and in fact turned out to be cancerous. Termed as a ‘dragon horn’ by the British Medical Journal (BMJ), doctors performed a “wide local excision” at the Countess of Chester Hospital in Cheshire.
Doctors used a skin graft from his thigh to cover the wound from what is termed as a squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).
In the report, the BMJ wrote: “We report a rare case of an extremely large well-differentiated SCC that was neglected by a patient living in a developed country with access to free healthcare.
“This highlights that despite current public skin cancer awareness and rigorous healthcare measures ... Read even more
