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Tree grows in man's lung { bit graphic }
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 11:14 am
by darcy
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Doctors in the Urals region of Russia were amazed when they found a fir tree growing inside the patient's lung.
Surgeons made the discovery when they were doing a biopsy on the 28-year-old man, Artyom Sidorki.
He had complained to doctors of having extreme pains in his chest, and had also been coughing up blood.
His doctors suspected Artyom had cancer. That's when they decided to perform the biopsy procedure to make sure.
But they never imagined seeing a small spruce growing inside the lung tissue. One of the surgeons, Vladimir Kamashev, says, "I blinked three times and thought I was seeing things."
Doctors are convinced the man had somehow inhaled a seed, which began to succesfully grow inside his lung.
the tree has been removed 'n' the man is recovering,,,
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 11:39 am
by Err
That's messed up. On the good side, at least he didn't have cancer.
In Russia, trees plant you.
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:18 pm
by eGoCeNTRoNiX
wow.. I'm gonna have to stop swallowing watermelon seeds.. ;\
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:38 pm
by DoPeY5007
Just insane
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:52 pm
by FlyingPenguin
Wth?
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 1:56 pm
by normalicy
That's messed up. Plants eating humans. What next. Thinking robots?
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 3:42 pm
by nexus_7
Sell it on ebay!
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 11:33 pm
by Badmojo
$10 says he swallowed it on a dare and then got drunk and forgot
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 11:36 pm
by DoPeY5007
Badmojo wrote:$10 says he swallowed it on a dare and then got drunk and forgot
How would it get into his lung if he swallowed it?
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:26 am
by darcy
eGoCeNTRoNiX wrote:wow.. I'm gonna have to stop swallowing watermelon seeds.. ;\
:-o
i ne'er thought of that!
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:17 pm
by ZYFER
There is a chance he actually breathed in the seeds. The seeds then went down his trachea and eventually started to grow in his lung. It is odd, but possible. But the chance the thing could grow without sunlight is almost impossible, makes it sound fake.
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:47 pm
by EvilHorace
From the story above:
Doctors are convinced the man had somehow inhaled a seed
I'd think that this could be more common really. It's not that hard to inhale things by accident.
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:09 pm
by normalicy
Actually, from what I know, a seedling doesn't need light for the first bit while it's growing so that it can develope enough leaves to keep itself alive. So it would have died quickly, but I could theoretically grow.
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:57 pm
by FlyingPenguin
Yeah, it contains everything it needs inside the seed sustain it until it can grow through the ground into the sunlight.
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 8:12 am
by theophilusmousse
Yeah, it contains everything it needs inside the seed sustain it until it can grow through the ground into the sunlight.
Or through the lung even.