Man grows fir tree inside lung

[Ksandra]

Randomly found this when a student told me:

Shocked Russian surgeons open up man who thought he had a tumour... to find a FIR TREE inside his lung | Mail Online

A fir tree has been found growing inside a man's lung by surgeons who were operating on him for suspected cancer.

The tree, measuring 5cm, was discovered by Russian doctors when they opened up Artyom Sidorkin, 28, to remove what they thought was a tumour.

Medical staff believe that Mr Sidorkin somehow inhaled a seed, which later sprouted into a small fir tree inside his lung.

The patient had complained of extreme pain in his chest and had been coughing up blood. Doctors were convinced he had cancer.

'We were 100 per cent sure,' said surgeon Vladimir Kamashev from Izhevsk in the Urals. 'We did X-rays and found what looked exactly like a tumour. I had seen hundreds before, so we decided on surgery.'

Before removing the major part of the man's lung, the surgeon investigated the tissue taken in a biopsy.

'I thought I was hallucinating,' said Dr Kamashev. 'I asked my assistant to have a look: "Come and see this - we've got a fir tree here".

'He nodded in shock. I blinked three times as I was sure I was seeing things.'

They believed the coughing of blood was caused by the tiny pine needles piercing blood capillaries. 'It was very painful. But to be honest I did not feel any foreign object inside me,' said Mr Sidorkin. 'I'm so relieved it's not cancer.'

The report appeared in popular tabloid Komsomolskaya Gazeta, and was picked up by Russian news service Novosti.

gross pic of tree:

Spoiler: show

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/...92_224x222.jpg

I will never eat a watermelon seed again.

[FNH]

heard about this on the radio about a month ago, freaked me out.

[yayaok]

i just, what

[Woozie]

I read about this somewhere a few weeks ago (SciAm, I think). Still hard to believe.

[Tyche]

That is one of the most awesome stories of this year.

[Colenzo]

how in the fuck did it grow?!

[Rocl]

Your own private supply of oxygen SCORE

[Celeste]

The Rugrats prophesied this.

[Kuya]

Nature and Humankind can live together in harmony.

[Insanecyclone]

That's just nasty ugh

[SubzeroDiabolos]

Tree don't breath oxygen, they breath CO2 and release oxygen so basically, this dude had an infinite supply of fresh air without the need to breath in! lol

[Kiro]

MOTHER NATURE FIGHTS BACK, OH FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU<bleep>.

[JigglyJam]

So plants can grow out of humans, interesting.

[tyven]

this guy aint got shit on dede the tree man

Spoiler: show

http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2007/11...nR_450x594.jpg

[Kiro]

I volunteer to be the first human to grow weed inside his own body.

Someone get me some amazingly potent seeds. Hopefully it'll leak into my bloodstream and I'll have a permanent high until I am "harvested".

[Skjie]

Pretty sure this was debunked as a prank that got out of control.

[thestalkmore]

WHAT THE FUCK HAHAHAHA

edit: now that I've thought about it for more than .5 seconds, must be fake

[Sol-Blackguy]

this guy aint got shit on dede the tree man

Spoiler: show

http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2007/11...nR_450x594.jpg

I'd figure the world's first mutant would have cooler powers...

[Khajit]

I'd figure the world's first mutant would have cooler powers...

We already have mutants with cool powers.
7 People From Around the World With Real Mutant Superpowers | Cracked.com

[-Zer0-]

Was I the only one who thought, "IT'S NOT A TUMAH!"?