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Russian Doctors Find Tree Growing In Man's Lung

Posted by samzenpus on from the literally-going-green dept.

Russian Surgeons have found a 5-centimeter high spruce growing inside a man's lung. Artyom Sidorkin, 28, had complained of extreme pain in his chest and had been coughing up blood. Instead of cancer surgeon Vladimir Kamashev found the sprout. "I blinked three times and thought I was seeing things," Vladimir said. Medical staff believe Sidorkin had somehow inhaled a seed, which later sprouted inside his lung. That theory seems much more likely than an evil pharmaceutical company treepacolypse, which was discussed during a smoke break this morning.

8 comments

  1. Picture by Profane+MuthaFucka · · Score: 1

    Suspicious looking picture on this article:

    http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/tree-grows-in-mans-lung

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  2. What.. by NfoCipher · · Score: 1

    .. no "in soviet russia" jokes?

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    1. Re:What.. by davidbofinger · · Score: 2, Funny

      .. no "in soviet russia" jokes?

      In the days before socialism, men lived in trees.

    2. Re:What.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      In Soviet Russia, tree climbs on you!

    3. Re:What.. by apraetor · · Score: 1

      In the days after socialism, trees live in men?

    4. Re:What.. by avitkus · · Score: 1

      In prehistoric times you grew in trees. In Soviet Russia trees grow in you.

  3. obligitory... by 7Prime · · Score: 1

    "I like to call him Herbert... even though his name is Bob... because it really pisses him off!"

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