or redistributed. Lung weight, hydroxyproline and collagen amounts in bleomycin treated animals were significantly higher than in normal, vitamin E and grape seed treated groups. by Peggy Wang It happened in Russia’s Urals region while doctors were operating on Artyom Sidorkin, the Russian newspaper, Komsomolskaya Pravda Daily reported. It is totally possible for this to occur in a lung. It would probably wither up and die if it didn’t get any light for more than a week. Ron Sveden had been battling emphysema for months when his condition deteriorated. It would probably be really hard to get any light in your lungs too, so I think the grass either just died, or it was going to die soon. Doctors suspected Sidorkin had cancer after he complained of extreme pain in his chest and had been coughing up blood. a photo of the grass when it was still in the lungs would make this story more real …. lol, if you don’t consider how it can be scientifically interesting the only thing to say is ‘poor girl’…, could it be that her parents had sex in the garden and accidentally input a piece of grass to the embryo.. , that could be possible, now don’t do it in the garden. kid is getting an early start on going green, vwery interesting –thx Sue –I especially liked the picture of the Fundies ad (undies men and women wear together) LMAO, Hello Susan …I think the late time… I was on here U had an operation,how are U feeling..I hope good…. How does a pea start growing in a lung? A Massachusetts man who was rushed to hospital with a collapsed lung came home with an unusual diagnosis: a pea plant was growing in his lung. INTRODUCTION Lung cancer is due to the abnormal formation of That's been a water cooler topic for the better part of this week. Doctors suspected Sidorkin had cancer after he complained of extreme pain in his chest and had been coughing up blood. The grass converts the CO2 to O2 at 1:5 ratio allowing the soldiers to increase endurance and hide under water for many hours. Doctor in Russia performing surgey on a cancer patient found a 2-inch fir tree growing inside his lung. “The goal of a seed is to contain enough energy and enough protection to survive a harsh environment until it changes to a warm moist one. Market data provided by Factset. Wow, that’s gotta suck. The spruce, which was touching the man’s capillaries and causing severe … Sure, after the initial growth, lack of light would probably lead to a short life for the sprout, but even if it dies it continues to be a foreign body irritating the lung tissue. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. I know nothing in the article claims that the picture is of the grass-lung girl, but I think a picture in article usually insinuates it. The girl in the photo is Jessica Zhao, child of Junwei Zhao of Stanford University. Legal Statement. http://sun.stanford.edu/~junwei/jessica6.html. Is it something that could pretty easily happen? But optimal surface finding in lung segmentation has been refined by Sun et al., 2013 [] via a hybrid desktop/virtual reality user interface. next time get ur facts stright before spouting crap. plants can grow using cellular respiration ( they breath in oxygen and put off carbon dioxide) . seeds sprout with no sunlight but they need watera nd sunlight to drow, clearly the grass in her lungs was getting both the question is how? Mr Sveden is now recovering at home where friends and neighbours have sent get well presents of pea seeds and canned peas. Lung adenocarcinoma (and the subtype of lung adenocarcinoma formerly referred to as bronchioloalveolar carcinoma) made up a significant proportion of the slow-growing group (86.7%) with only 20% in the rapid doubling time Market data provided by Factset. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. But does it need sunlight to sprout from seed? 14 April 2009 • 12:54 pm The amazing 'discovery' was apparently made when they opened up … Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. I don’t even want to imagine that. That’s the average size, from the root on up, of the sprout of various breeds of long grass. The discovered tree was 5cm long and it was removed when surgeons opened up the patient to extract what they initially thought was tumor. But does it need sunlight to sprout from seed? Although the conventional region growing algorithm yields in better result, it lacks with the concept of manual selection of seed points. A pea must have gone down the wrong hole some time, doctors theorized. Somebody (I would suspect from the author on down) has been smoking waaaayyyy too much “grass” . or perhaps the question should be is the story completely unreal, A grass seed doesn’t contain much nutrients (vs a mango/durian seed) doubt it can reach 3 cm as claimed in the article without sunlight. Hybrid grass that escaped from a genetics lab, from where the chinese are developing a method for their soldiers to get an oxygen boost under combat situtaions or when under water. Seeds are usually capable of sprouting while buried, which presumably means no light is reaching them.”. Your email address will not be published. 2 ). Doctors say that You know what, I’m just not going to think about it. The open-source software MevisLab (Fraunhofer Mevis, Bremen, Germany) was applied, 20-40 seed points were used to generate the region growing segmentation with a segmentation threshold tolerance of 2% (Figure (Figure1 1 and and2). That would have turned into some major pain if it would have kept growing. on different lung images and has given us a desired output. It is totally possible for this to occur in a lung. Doctors believe Sidorkin somehow inhaled a seed, which later sprouted inside his lung. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. The little blade would have died shortly, but it can get to that size.”. Grass, as most plants require photosynthesis to grow/stay alive. Then the seed uses the stored energy to begin to grow enough that it can deploy a large enough surface area to begin photosynthesis. Doctors believe Sidorkin somehow inhaled a seed, which later sprouted inside his lung. If it couldn’t reach 3 cm in length without sunlight how would any grass grow? In this study, an improved region growing (IRG) algorithm is introduced to increase the 2.1 Tree growing in the lung Surgeons in Russia thought they were going to remove a cancerous tumor from a 28-year-old patient – but instead they found a 5-centimeter tree growing inside his lung. Seeds are usually capable of sprouting while buried, which presumably means no light is reaching them. Still, given the popularity of this story, we're guessing lung gardening is pretty rare. Ron Sveden, 75, had suffered for several … Pea seed sprouted inside man’s lung Ron Sveden, 75, said he still dines on peas after doctors found and removed a pea sprout growing in his lung … TIL A Massachusetts man who was rushed to hospital with a collapsed lung came home with an unusual diagnosis: a pea plant was growing in his lung. Click here to read more and a see a photo from mosnews.com. All rights reserved. Russian surgeons were amazed to discover a fir tree growing inside a patient's lung. US Man Discovers He Has Pea Plant Growing In His Lung Ron Sveden, a retired teacher from Brewster, Massachusetts in the US was astonished to discover that what he thought was a … The initial cluster values were chosen automatically by averaging the minimum and maximum pixel values in each row of an image. His case follows … The tree was discovered when they opened up the 28-year-old patient to prepare for the surgery, reports ABC News. Basically the story is biologically impossible to be real. its used when sunlight is not available you dumb shits need to go back to school. The spruce, which was touching the man's capillaries and causing severe pain, was removed. The Internet’s a-buzz with news of Ron Sveden, the 75-year-old Cape Cod man who discovered that a growth in his lung was not, as feared, a tumor — but rather a pea plant. ever heard of cellular respiration? A new approach is used to segment the images to identify the focal areas in lung nodules For those amateur scientists who declare grass seed cannot grow without light: How do seeds underground manage to grow enough to pop out of the soil? You can inhale a seed of a plant or sprouting plant and it can cause bronchial obstruction. Learn how your comment data is processed. Keep in mind that plants go into the ground, hiding a part of them. That’s the average size, from the root on up, of the sprout of various breeds of long grass. Then the seed uses the stored energy to begin to grow enough that it can deploy a large enough surface area to begin photosynthesis. I've pulled food out of people's lungs before." The method was ©2021 FOX News Network, LLC. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. I've pulled food out of people's lungs before." TIL A Massachusetts man who was rushed to hospital with a “I blinked three times and thought I was seeing things,” Surgeon Vladimir Kamashev told the newspaper. Artyom Sidorkin found a fir tree inside his lung. The gruesome photo released with the … Just imagine what would’ve happend if it had continued to grow. Also called pneumopyothorax. So you can imagine his relief when it turned out to be a "half-inch" pea plant growing in his lung. From this study, it can be concluded that grape seed extract may About the gras and light thing: Grass doesn’t need light to GERMINATE! However, in order to keep on growing, it needs light. Your email address will not be published. A man who who went to hospital with breathing troubles was found to have a pea plant growing in his lung. An X-ray that apparently shows a fir tree growing inside a 28-year-old man's lung. A region-growing algorithm for micro-CT quantification of tumour load and progress for diffuse lung adenocarcinoma was established and validated earlier []. 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Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Ron … ©2021 FOX News Network, LLC. Ron Sveden discovers to his amazement that the obstruction in his lung turns out to be a pea, which is starting to sprout. A man who complained to doctors of severe chest pains was stunned when told his suspected tumour was actually a fir tree growing inside his lung. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, Legal Statement. All rights reserved. well, I wouldn’t call Ananova a particularly reliable source anyway… so, yeah. Artyom Sidorkin, 28, from the Urals region of Russia, is believed to have inhaled a seed which then sprouted inside him. Doctors instead found a pea plant growing from his lungs. A lifelong smoker, Sveden awaited a diagnosis to the tune of lung cancer. Click here to read more and a see a photo from mosnews.com. It happened in Russia’s Urals region while doctors were operating on Artyom Sidorkin, the Russian newspaper, Komsomolskaya Pravda Daily reported Monday. The little blade would have died shortly, but it can get to that size. Keep in mind that plants go into the ground, hiding a part of them. Apart from generating a confined search volume, the mask is also used to estimate the parameters for the subsequent region growing, as well as for repositioning the seed point in order to ensure reproducibility. Russian surgeons have claimed to have found a two-inch fir tree growing inside a man's lung. She lives in California. Acquisition of 1. The goal of a seed is to contain enough energy and enough protection to survive a harsh environment until it changes to a warm moist one. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. "I blinked three times and thought I was seeing things," Surgeon Vladimir Kamashev told the newspaper. The area and eccentricity features were used to … Doctors Find Grass Growing in Babies Lung, 500 Students Cross Major River on a Steel Cable, China Builds Subway Station In The Middle Of Nowhere, Irate Passenger Refuses To Pay, Torches Taxi, North Korea Threatens to Karate Chop Off Head Of South Korea’s Ex-President, Weird Lights Over Korean City Have People Talking About Aliens, Bus Conductor Punished For Letting Pigeon Ride Bus For Free. Surgeons in Russia thought they were going to remove a cancerous tumor from a 28-year-old patient – but instead they found a 5-centimeter tree growing inside his lung. After a fairly simple surgery the 1.25 cm pea plant was removed from his lung and Sveden was sent back home. Photosynthesis requires sunlight…direct sunlight. An effective fuzzy auto-seed cluster means morphological algorithm developed in this work to segment the lung nodules from the consecutive slices of Computer Tomography (CT) images to detect the lung cancer. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. "I blinked three times and thought I … Sure, after the initial growth, lack of light would probably lead to a short life for the sprout, but even if it dies it continues to be a foreign body irritating the lung tissue.”, “But does it need sunlight to sprout from seed? wow very interesting thx Sue –I especially like the picture ad for the Fundies while I was reading LMAO. rax (p-nm-thôrks) n. The presence of gas and pus in the pleural cavity. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Keywords: Image processing, Region Growing, Lung Cancer, Segmentation, ROI. Uhmmmm… grass = chemoautotroph = Needs sunlight to run photosynthesis = cell growth… yeaaah… dark lungs = no sunlight…. Apparently the warm and moist conditions inside the lung had made it a perfect place for the pea plant to grow. The doctors were sure that the man had cancer since on X-ray the image was very similar to a tumor. A Massachusetts man who was rushed to hospital with a collapsed lung came home with an unusual diagnosis: a pea plant was growing in his lung. she is 1yr, and 3-6mo old in that photo. "A seed might be able to germinate in the damp, dark conditions of a lung, but it's still bizarre," she says. no it doesnt. Tree Grows in Man's Lung A 5cm-long fir tree has been growing in the lung of a man who complained he had a strong pain in his chest and was coughing blood. Required fields are marked *. I find it funny how people don’t seem to bother to read even the first and last comment before making a post…, “If it couldn’t reach 3 cm in length without sunlight how would any grass grow? CT scans showing different views of the same dog’s chest with a grass seed lodged in the lungs (the grass seed is arrowed) A view down a bronchoscope (a flexible camera) showing a grass seed stuck in the tubes in the lungs A grass seed after removal from a dog’s lung The goal of a seed is to contain enough energy and enough protection to survive a harsh environment until it changes to a warm moist one. It can sprout some just on it’s own internal resources. Then the seed uses the stored energy to begin to grow enough that it can deploy a large enough surface area to begin photosynthesis. Welcome to a world where everything your mother said … Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. It is totally possible for this to occur in a lung. Seeds are usually capable of sprouting while buried, which presumably means no light is reaching them. I ate a watermelon seed today, and I’m just not going to think about it. hi, this article was both informative and interesting….and dumb. 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