Doctors have found a pea sprouting in the lung of a 75-year-old man from Brewster, Massachusetts in the US.
They had feared the worst when they studied Ron Sveden's X-rays and spotted a small dark spot.
The former teacher had worked for years smoking fish and already had emphysema before he felt his health worsen this summer.
By the time Sveden reached the hospital, he had a collapsed left lung and pneumonia. Two biopsies came back negative for lung cancer.
Feeding a scope down Sveden's throat, Dr Jeff Spillane scraped away at an encrusted mass and discovered the pea sprouting. He said Sveden must have inhaled a pea that took root in his lung.
Sveden's health improved after the pea was removed.