5 cm. fir tree removed from patient’s lung

13 Apr, 11:35 PM

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.

The 28-year-old patient, Artyom Sidorkin, came to a hospital in the city of Izhevsk in Central Russia last week, Komsomolskaya Pravda daily reports.

Doctors x-rayed his chest and found a tumor 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-centimeter branch was removed from the patient’s body.

“They told me my coughing blood was not caused by any disease,” Sidorkin says.

“It was the needles poking the capillaries. It really hurt a lot. But I never felt like I had an alien object inside of me.”

It is obvious that a five-centimeter 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.

Meanwhile, the piece of lung with the little fir tree has been preserved for further study.

It started to grow inside his body???

He was "pining" for his girlfriend.

Perhaps his lungs were evolving so that he could deal with greenhouse gases...

A novel way to acheive "pine-fresh" breath...

Well in school we used to sing about hearts of oak, it's just that they seem to have opted for a lesser tree in Russia. Besides which it's bluddy tough trying to snort an acorn.

Well in school we used to sing about hearts of oak, it's just that they seem to have opted for a lesser tree in Russia. Besides which it's bluddy tough trying to snort an acorn.

Pine cones ain't small.

And if you snort it top-first (bottom-first if it's hanging on the tree) it is going to tickle, so you'd sneeze it out.

By the way - how much lung does he have left now?

Well in school we used to sing about hearts of oak, it's just that they seem to have opted for a lesser tree in Russia. Besides which it's bluddy tough trying to snort an acorn.

Pine cones ain't small.

And if you snort it top-first (bottom-first if it's hanging on the tree) it is going to tickle, so you'd sneeze it out.

By the way - how much lung does he have left now?

Not a lot judging by the amount they cut out. Certainly wasn't microsurgery so it must have been good old Russian rocket surgery.

I didn't realise fir tress were that hardy. Perhaps he inhaled the seed when he drunkenly tripped over the Xmas tree...

I reckon it is BUL**HIT.

To be green, it needs sunlight for the green colour, chlorophyl.

No way, Jose.

(I may be wrong, but doubt it.)

It's not really green though, is it?

It's not really green though, is it?

That's 'Fir' enough

Wa-wa-wa-waaaa!!!

Sheesh.. this thread is reaIIy branching out.

I "pine" for the days threads could stay on topic

WeII said. I think we shouId aII take a Ieaf out of your book Boo.

Yes - although some off-topic banter can liven up an otherwise wooden thread.

It really does needle me, we all need to get some scents. groan!!! why am I doing this!!

Can we get to the root of the problem?

Moss

Moss

Always wondere what Moss looked like....

ok..back on topic.

So, did they ever get to the root of the problem?

I'll have to conifer with some doctor friends to see if this really possible.

Good one blinky!

I'll have to conifer with some doctor friends to see if this really possible.

Blinky, are you pining?

^ I wouId give you a Iot of stick for that one.. but there is no point reaIIy.

Fir crying out loud, when is this going to stop!?!

It may bend tigs, but doesnt Iook Iike its gonna break.

Did they ever find the root cause of this tree growing inside a lung?

All we have is speculation and no understanding about it's irrigation, or infiltration and why was there no multiplication?

^ You could be barking up the wrong tree there.