Indian Man Grows Four-Inch Horn After Head Injury (Graphic Photo)
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Indian Man Grows Four-Inch Horn After Head Injury (Graphic Photo) A 74 -year -old Indian man, Shyam Lal Yadav , has grown a four - inch horn after he suffered a head injury in 2014 . Doctors at Bhagyoday Tirth Hospital in Sagar city , India removed the horn from Yadav ’s head recently . Yadav , who is a farmer from Rahli village in a Pradesh , had suffered a head injury in 2014 which led to the formation of a rare cutaneous horn, reports Daily Mail. The benign growth is also known as the devil ’ s horn . It was reported that the rare growths are made out of keratin , found in toenails and human hair , and most common in older adults . Mr Yadav had been shaving the growth for years, until , it began to grow aggressively and the farmer asked for surgical intervention. A surgeon , Dr Vishal Gajbhiye , who participated in the surgery said , “ Around five years ago the patient had hurt his head after which a lump started growing . Initially , he ignored it as it did not cause any