Tree in lung mystery

Published: 16 April 2009 y., Thursday
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When 28 year-old Artyom Sidorkin went to see his doctor to complain about pains in his chest and coughing blood his doctors made a rather bizarre discovery. Instead of cancer, doctors say they found a 5cm fir tree growing inside him

Šaltinis: Reuters
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