THE TREE MAN-------DEDE                                                                     

An Indonesian man,dede,whose whole body is covered with extrordinary tree like warty growth have spoken of his survival growth on being treated by an american doctor.Dede now 35,baffled many medical expertswhen warty root like structuresbegan to grow out of his arms & feet after he cut his knee in a teenage accident .Sacked from his job & deserted by his wife he was left alone with his two teenage children.According to dermatologists it is a rare case of vitamin A deficiency followed by tremendous infection by human papilloma virus(HPV virus).The virus has hijacked the cellular machinery of his skin cells taking advantage of his weak immune system & formed numerous tree like outgrowths called "cutaneous horns".