Sprouting Pea Plant Removed From Man's Windpipe

Posted on August 12, 2010

The Cape Cod Times reports that a pea was discovered sprouting in the windpipe of Ron Sveden, a 75-year-old man from Massachusetts. Physicians first thought Sveden was suffering from a cancerous tumor. Tested samples from a biopsy indicated that the spot seen on an X-ray was a plant and not a tumor. Sveden was very relieved that it was not a tumor. The pea plant was removed with surgery by doctors at Cape Cod Hospital. Take a look:

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