04-19-2009, 08:58 PM
http://www.mosnews.com/weird/2009/04/13/firtree/
5 cm. fir tree removed from patientââ¬â¢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.
ââ¬ÅI blinked three times, and thought I was seeing things. Then I called the assistant to have a look,ââ¬Â says Vladimir Kamashev, doctor at the Udmurtian Cancer Center.
The five-centimeter branch was removed from the patientââ¬â¢s body.
ââ¬ÅThey told me my coughing blood was not caused by any disease,ââ¬Â Sidorkin says.
ââ¬ÅIt was the needles poking the capillaries. It really hurt a lot. But I never felt like I had an alien object inside of me.ââ¬Â
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.
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5 cm. fir tree removed from patientââ¬â¢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.
ââ¬ÅI blinked three times, and thought I was seeing things. Then I called the assistant to have a look,ââ¬Â says Vladimir Kamashev, doctor at the Udmurtian Cancer Center.
The five-centimeter branch was removed from the patientââ¬â¢s body.
ââ¬ÅThey told me my coughing blood was not caused by any disease,ââ¬Â Sidorkin says.
ââ¬ÅIt was the needles poking the capillaries. It really hurt a lot. But I never felt like I had an alien object inside of me.ââ¬Â
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.
