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

dailymail.co.uk ^ | April 14, 2009 | Will Stewart

[Free ThinkerNY]

Shocked Russian surgeons claim they found a five-centimetre fir tree growing inside a man's lung as they operated on him for suspected cancer.

The amazing discovery apparently was made when they opened up Artyom Sidorkin, 28, to remove what they thought was a serious tumour.

Sidorkin had complained of extreme pain in his chest and had been coughing up blood. Doctors were convinced he had cancer, Russian website mosnews.com reported.

'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 part of the man's lung, the surgeon investigated the tissue - and said they found what looked like grown fir tree needles in it.

'I thought I was hallucinating,' said Kamashev.

[Buckeye McFrog]

looks like he was trying to grow the tobacco in place to get around those SCHIP taxes....

[Joe 6-pack]

The man was referred (re-firred?) to a specialist...

[dblshot]

“puns like that one have a way of branching out.....’

Well sometimes ya have to go out on a limb. At least they found it before Christmas when it could have metastasized into a Christmas tree.

[dblshot]

At least they got to the root of the problem.

[Travis T. OJustice]

“Pining for the fjords” ping.

[mikrofon]

The amazing discovery apparently was made when they opened up Artyom Sidorkin, 28, to remove what they thought was a serious tumour

Needles to say, they were relieved to find out otherwise...

[mikrofon]

Actually, they were releaved to find out...

[joe fonebone]

now I am worn out.......better just leaf me alone for now...

[yazoo]

Seems more likely he inhaled a piece of a fir tree. I doubt if a seed could sprout inside your lungs.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

I’d hate to see what they found if his ass was hurting.

[dblshot]

OK go dormant if you feel like it.

[joe fonebone]

now i feel like a sap...

[Travis T. OJustice]

Seems more likely he inhaled a piece of a fir tree. I doubt if a seed could sprout inside your lungs.

A seed is far more likely to germinate than a piece of a tree is likely to continue to grow. Seeds are often distributed by animals ingesting them, then excreting them after they pass the digestive system.

If you think about it, a lung is a perfect incubator for a seed. Warm, moist, etc. The plant wouldn't need sunlight for photosynthesis for a while.

[Travis T. OJustice]

now i feel like a sap...

Not as bad as the doctors who got stumped by this.

[a fool in paradise]

Ah, how could it be growing without sunlight?

[joe fonebone]

and i think they should just stick it..........

[Badabing Badablonde]

Man, I hate it when I get fir trees in my lungs!!

[yazoo]

“The plant wouldn’t need sunlight for photosynthesis for a while.”

Don’t plants need sunlight to turn green? If you block a plant from all light it will turn white before it dies. Do fir trees work differently?

[Travis T. OJustice]

Do fir trees work differently?

Nope.