An eight-year-old boy has left doctors baffled after his hands swelled to giant proportions and now weigh more than two stone.
Young Kaleem, from India, is unable to carry out simple tasks, including tying his own shoe laces, after he was born with hands twice the size of an average baby.
His mother said she knew he was different at birth but was powerless to help and the youngster's hands have now grown so large they measure 13 inches from the base of his palm to the end of his middle finger.
His parents have only just been able to take him to a local doctor for an assessment but their hopes of an instant cure have been dashed.
Dr Ratan, the director of the local hospital, said: 'As far as my knowledge goes, this is an extremely rare condition.
'I have not seen a case in medical journals or on the internet where only the hands grew to such a large size.
'Until we have done proper genetic testing we will not be able to say exactly what is causing this deformity.'
He said that apart from the unsightly growths, Kaleem is in good health - with properly functioning lungs and heart.
Source: Dailymail
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