Fir Tree Removed From Russian Mans Lung

Published by djmick on April 15th, 2009

tree in lung

A five-centimeter fir tree has been found in the lung of a man who complained he had a strong pain in his chest and was coughing blood.

Doctors x-rayed his chest and found a tumour in one of the lungs. Suspecting cancer, they made a decision to perform biopsy, but when they cut the tissue, they were amazed to see green needles in the cut.

“I blinked three times, and thought I was seeing things. Then I called the assistant to have a look,” says Vladimir Kamashev, doctor at the Udmurtian Cancer Center.

The five-centimetre branch was removed from the patient’s body.

It is obvious that a five-centimetre branch is too large to be inhaled or swallowed, doctors say. They suggest that the patient might have inhaled a small bud, which then started to grow inside his body.

via Komsomolskaya Pravda

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