Well, kinda … pretty cool, huh? Now his buddies nicknamed him "Doc Holiday."


"During an extreme bout of coughing, the patient spontaneously expectorated an intact cast of the right bronchial tree. The right bronchial tree consists of three segmental branches in the upper lobe (blue arrows), two segmental branches in the middle lobe (white arrows), and five segmental branches in the lower lobe (black arrows)."




https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMicm1806493

Ok, wth!?

ETA: After reading the link, which is full of medical jargon, I learned that the patient died two days later. His ending did not seem pleasant. Poor guy.

That’s the reason you should cover your mouth when you cough.

I didn't read the article but thought there was no way he would be able to pull through with something like that occurring. I can't imagine the pain/discomfort he went through and nor would I want to.