hyperkeratosis and HPV

A few months back, there were some photos circulated of some poor bastard in Romania who had these bizarre horny growths covering his extremities, to the point that he could no longer feed or clean himself well. Although he seems to have reacted well to treatment, the cause of the condition remained unidentified.

It looks like a fisherman in Indonesia suffers from the same condition, only this time, a physician identifies what he probably suffers from, Human papillomavirus interacting with an extraordinarily rare genetically caused immune deficiency.

The WFMU blog comments on the second post cover a lot more ground.