Tree Grows In Man's Lung

**xlxBigSexyxlx** · 04-18-2009, 08:57 AM

Russian surgeons thought Artyom Sidorkin had a cancerous tumour when he started coughing up blood and complaining of agonising chest pains. When they opened the man up, they found a perfectly formed fir tree growing in his lung.

Artyom Sidorkin, 28, from the Urals region of Russia, is believed to have inhaled a seed which then sprouted inside him.

Doctors were convinced he had cancer after he came to them complaining of agonising chest pains and coughing up blood.

An X-ray showed what was believed to be a tumour, and he was rushed to the operating theatre.

"We were 100% 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 the major part of the man's lung, the surgeon investigated the tissue taken in a biopsy.

"I thought I was hallucinating," said Dr Kamashev.

"I asked my assistant to have a look: 'Come and see this - we've got a fir tree here'."

"He nodded in shock. I blinked three times as I was sure I was seeing things."

The 2in (5cm) spruce, which was said to be touching the man's capillaries and causing severe pain, was removed.

Mr Sidorkin, now recovering after the op, said: "To be honest I did not feel any foreign object inside me. But I'm just so relieved it's not cancer."

**IM708** · 04-18-2009, 09:04 AM

....WTF

**Matt** · 04-18-2009, 09:14 AM

Wow, i know some chicks call my penis a tree trunk but that takes the piss....

**firmechicano831** · 04-18-2009, 09:21 AM

damm, that sucks

**RuhlFreak55** · 04-18-2009, 09:22 AM

ok.....WTF??????? how in **** is this possible?????????

**sigman roid** · 04-18-2009, 09:30 AM

i saw something about this in the newspaper apparently he worked around these trees and inhaled the seeds

**Kratos** · 04-18-2009, 10:10 AM

He didn't need surgery after all, and donated a peice of his lung for the doc's amusment. Tree can get light, once the energy in the seed capsule was used up it would have died and been absorbed. But at least he's a happy customer.

**Hunter** · 04-18-2009, 10:16 AM

Thats pretty insane.

**BritishColumbian** · 04-18-2009, 10:28 AM

they should have let it grow right out of his mouth, Then he could have used his super powers as a crime fighter. Look out for...

TREE MAN

**Brown Ninja** · 04-18-2009, 10:32 AM

Only in Russia........

**Gaspari1255** · 04-18-2009, 10:33 AM

That is unreal.

**Chode Logan** · 04-18-2009, 10:43 AM

In Soviet Russia, tree grows you

**MMArmour** · 04-18-2009, 11:20 AM

impressive! God damn!

**Hoggage_54** · 04-18-2009, 01:11 PM

That's what happens when you smoke too many trees

**Hunter-S-Thompson** · 04-18-2009, 01:15 PM

theres just no fukking way........

**Skully44420** · 04-18-2009, 01:42 PM

thats some crazy shit

**quarry206** · 04-18-2009, 02:10 PM

the story is believed to be fake,

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/cbc/09041..._fir_tree_lung

a few point out that the xray is not his, and that the piece of the tree could not have grown inside him.

**DSM4Life** · 04-18-2009, 02:14 PM

Same thing happened to my buddy"

**IM708** · 04-18-2009, 07:39 PM

That pic is fake, nice try.

**jbm** · 04-18-2009, 08:19 PM

Watch that on tv.
That's really weird shit!!!!

**scerpico22** · 04-18-2009, 09:02 PM

Originally Posted by ironmaiden708

That pic is fake, nice try.

no sir...that pic is not fake. they call that guy the tree man...its actually a fungus on his skin that makes his hands and feet look like tree roots. therfore, he is the tree man. he is from Indonesia.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...-be-cured.html

**Hoggage_54** · 04-18-2009, 09:06 PM

I can't help without knowing his stats

**rhino1** · 04-18-2009, 09:25 PM

ouch

**The Deuce** · 04-18-2009, 09:41 PM

His name is DEDE... I watched a whole documentary on him !!! that dude is real !!! THEY ARE WARTS !!! Friggen freaky sh1t out there...

But as far as this dude with a TREE GROWING IN HIS LUNG... !!! NOPE !! NO WAY !!

Dude inhaled a branch... thats how that got there ... or they photoshoped it or... the placed it there to take that picture... or it was done on purpose.

PLANTS NEED SUNLIGHT and a process of PHOTOSYNTHESIS to occur to survive and to thrive.

FAKE !!

**Bojangles69** · 04-18-2009, 09:45 PM

Did he really count how many times he blinked? I call bs on that one

**IM708** · 04-18-2009, 09:50 PM

Originally Posted by scerpico22

no sir...that pic is not fake. they call that guy the tree man...its actually a fungus on his skin that makes his hands and feet look like tree roots. therfore, he is the tree man. he is from Indonesia.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...-be-cured.html

....damnit, I was only tryin to give dsm a hard time to and turns out to be real. WTF

**scerpico22** · 04-18-2009, 10:02 PM

Originally Posted by ironmaiden708

....damnit, I was only tryin to give dsm a hard time to and turns out to be real. WTF

**tyward** · 04-18-2009, 10:48 PM

Yes, I watched the documentary on tree man as well. They sent him to an MD in the city. Unfortunately, they could not cure him, so they just pruned him and sent him back to the forest...very sad. T

**rhino1** · 04-18-2009, 11:07 PM

Originally Posted by tyward

Yes, I watched the documentary on tree man as well. They sent him to an MD in the city. Unfortunately, they could not cure him, so they just pruned him and sent him back to the forest...very sad. T

thats just wrong

**rhino1** · 04-18-2009, 11:09 PM

at what point do you look at yourself and think...."man...i should see a doctor..."

**tyward** · 04-18-2009, 11:34 PM

Although I wrote the post in a somewhat satirical tone, you obviously have not seen the documentary. That is precisely what happened to him. And point of fact, I am a doctor...

**quarry206** · 04-19-2009, 03:14 AM

treeman = real... (warts)

man that had tree grow inside lungs = FAKE .. (ends up being a childs X-ray)

**Flagg** · 04-19-2009, 03:20 AM

Well Environmentalists are always complaining that we're chopping too many trees down and not replanting enough.

Why not just make every Russian eat an acorn?