Man Suffering from Heart Failure Coughs Out Part of His Lung

A 36-year-old man suffering from chronic heart disease failure, coughed up a part of his lung in a coughing fit.

In a case that has stunned doctors and commoners alike, a 36-year-old man suffering from chronic heart disease failure, coughed up an intact cast of his right bronchial tree in a severe coughing fit.

The patient was undergoing treatment at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center for a medical history of heart failure and had a pacemaker fitted to him.

The case is documented in the New England Journal of Medicine, where it is narrated that during an extreme bout of coughing, the patient spontaneously expectorated an intact case of the right bronchial tree.