This Man's Strange Medical Condition Gave Him Tree Branches For Arms

Dede Koswara

Abul Bajandar was not the only man to live with a tragic case of epidermodysplasia verruciformis. In 2008, a man named Dede Koswara went public with his own tragic tale of living with EV. The 34-year-old Indonesian man appeared on television programs like Discovery Channel's My Shocking Story and ABC's Medical Mystery to talk about living with this condition. 

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