Body Bizarre - Unglaubliche Schicksale

Yuki and Jobdan Lizarte Pillaca are with their mother, Rufina Pillaca.

dwarfish african man walking down a dirt road along the coast with his head bent down

Close up of Gaurab Gurung sitting on his mother Kalpana Gurung lap.

The documentary series "Body Bizarre" travels around the globe to meet those affected personally, to uncover the stories behind the often terrible clinical pictures and to accompany them to operations and new treatment methods.

Examination.

The five-year-old with an extremely rare disease.

Laisha Marquez with her mother Gloria Escobedo and brother Alexander Marquez sitting on the bed.

Can a leg amputee gymnast be able to compete again thanks to the prosthesis? And do new medical findings help a short Colombian?

Victoria's legs were deformed in the womb and bent inwards at a right angle below the knee, so that the girl can't walk.

Yuki and Jobdan Lizarte Pillaca smile.

Laxmi after surgery with her mother Sarvesh.

Arun P Rajasingh.

Picture Shows: Charlotte Garside is the World's Smallest Girl and has primordial dwarfism Charlotte Garside in her new school (Easington Primary School) in Easingotn near hull. Charlotte is enjoying school life as she sings, play games and takes part in craft activities with her school mates.

A man with three legs

Jie Yuan Chen

The little girl with the werewolf syndrome.

Ein kleines Dorf im ostindischen Bundesstaat Jharkhand ist die Heimat des Rinderbauern Amar Samad. Der 19-Jährige lebt völlig zurückgezogen, weil sich die meisten Dorfbewohner vor ihm fürchten: In Amars Gesicht wuchert ein riesiges, verknöcherndes Fibrom, das inzwischen fünf Kilo wiegt. Der Tumor an sich ist gutartig, doch die Geschwulst wächst rasant, so dass der junge Mann auf dem linken Auge fast blind ist. - Und wenn sie das Gehirn quetscht, stirbt Amar. Außerdem: Eine Frau, die wegen ihrer seltenen Hautkrankheit im Dunkeln lebt, und ein brasilianischer Junge, der auf allen vieren gehen muss.