SMALL TREE FOUND GROWING INSIDE RUSSIAN MANS LUNG

A Russian man who was being operated on for a suspected tumor ended up having a fir tree removed from one of his lungs.

The 2-inch tree was found by surgeons when they opened up Artyom Sidorkin, 28, according to Reuters.

Doctors claim Sidorkin may have inhaled a seed, which then sprouted into a small fir tree inside his lung.

He went to the hospital last month complaining of chest pain and coughing up blood.

“It was very painful. But to be honest I did not feel any foreign object inside me,” Sidorkin said.

Surgeon Vladimir Kamashev said he was sure it was cancer.

“We did X-rays and found what looked exactly like a tumor. I had seen hundreds before, so we decided on surgery.”

The tree was discovered when surgeons took a biopsy before attempting to remove the man’s lung.

“I thought I was hallucinating,” said Kamashev. “I blinked three times as I was sure I was seeing things.”

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