Feb 10, 2016 · The tree, measuring 5cm, was discovered by Russian doctors when they opened up Artyom Sidorkin, 28, to remove what they thought was a tumour. An X-ray that apparently shows a fir tree growing...

Apr 13, 2009 · The Russian publication Mosnews.com is reporting that a 28-year-old patient was found to have a five-centimeter fir tree in his lung. Doctors were performing a biopsy on the patient, Artyom Sidorkin, after he'd complained of intense chest pain and was coughing up blood.

Oct 6, 2022 · According to a 2009 report about a Russian surgeon and his patient, the human body can actually host trees — the little seedlings of which can sprout and grow in a person's lungs (via the Daily Mail). The surgery in question was scheduled after a troubling scan.

Sep 6, 2023 · In a clinical setting, a shocking X-ray reveals a tiny fir tree flourishing inside a patient's lung, leaving the medical community baffled. As children, we were often cautioned not to ingest...

Apr 13, 2009 · Doctors believe Sidorkin somehow inhaled a seed, which later sprouted inside his lung. The spruce, which was touching the man's capillaries and causing severe pain, was removed. Click here to...

Small seeds aren’t that hard to swallow or inhale, right? This wasn’t the only story about plants growing in a human lung that baffled scientists. In 2010, a man from Massachusetts was hospitalized after his lung collapsed.

Nov 5, 2019 · For those who didn't believe [Ed.'s note: Ourselves included] the reports about the man found to have a tree growing inside his lung, the story just got trickier: BBC News has now posted a video on its Web site with additional evidence, including video from the operation and an interview with both surgeon and patient. Still skeptical?

Oct 3, 2023 · In 2009, a Russian man named Artyom Sidorkin made medical history when doctors discovered a fir tree growing inside his lung. Sidorkin had been experiencing chest pain and coughing up blood for several weeks, and doctors initially suspected lung cancer.

Apr 15, 2009 · A man who was coughing up blood and complaining of chest pain seems to have had a five-centimetre fir tree in his lungs — unless, of course, it was all a hoax.

Apr 15, 2009 · Doctors took X-rays and spotted what looked like a cancerous growth in one of his lungs. So he had a routine operation to get rid of it but it actually turned out to be a tiny fir tree - although...