A five-centimeter fir tree has been found in the lung of a man who complained he had a strong pain in his chest and was coughing blood.

Doctors x-rayed his chest and found a tumor in one of the lungs. Suspecting cancer, they made a decision to perform biopsy, but when they cut the tissue, they were amazed to see green needles in the cut.

It is obvious that a five-centimeter branch is too large to be inhaled or swallowed, doctors say. They suggest that the patient might have inhaled a small bud, which then started to grow inside his body.

The rest of the article along with a very gross picture can be found here.

When I was a kid, I was told not to swallow watermelon seeds because I would end up with one growing inside me. This man's parents must not have told him about the dangers involved here!

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