The woman who will never grow up: 20-year-old looks like a young child ...

www.dailymail.co.uk ^ | 02-10-2015 | By Madlen Davies

[Red Badger]

A Chinese girl with a rare medical problem has the appearance of a child - despite being 19-years-old.

Zeng Yushan was born in June 1994 in the township of Huzhu in Fushun County in south-western China's Sichuan Province.

At seven years old, she stopped growing and was diagnosed with a tumour on her pituitary gland, which caused a deficiency in growth hormones.

The pituitary gland is found behind the bridge of the nose and below the base of the brain, and is about the size of a pea.

It releases hormones growth and puberty hormones, among others, directly into the blood stream.

Tumours on the pituitary gland - though rare - can stop people growing and developing normally, said Ashley Grossman, professor of endocrinology at Oxford University.

He told MailOnline: 'If you've got a pituitary tumour, it can stop growth hormones being released.

'You end up like a Tom Thumb person that looks small but is perfectly formed.

[COBOL2Java]

According to the article her mental state is that of a small child as well.

She's a Democrat?

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

I was stationed with a fellow airman on an Army Base. He was married to a young (22 year old) Soldier who looked to be about 12 years old.

When I first saw them together (she was in civilian attire) I thought she was his daughter and the relationship seemed “creepy.” She looked more or less “grown up” in uniform but looked like a little kid in civilian clothes.

[GeronL]

Korean vampires are much more subtle

On that program, the vampire was a prosecutor.

[GeronL]

Then their is the gumiho, or 9-tailed fox... which might eat your liver...

[kalee]

I think the “balding guy” is a woman.

[StAntKnee]

Thanks. See my tagline.

[StAntKnee]

Thanks. See my tagline.

[Oratam]

Oh, I don’t doubt it. I chuckled because it caused me to imagine an opening scene of an Austin Powers-esque spy spoof with this unfortunate woman as an assassin.

[dmz]

Hey now, don’t forget to credit co-writer Donnie Fritts.

I have a John Prine bootleg where he tells the story of how this song came into being, and some funny stuff about Donnie and the house his wife built while he was on tour with Kris Kristoferson.