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Plant seed germination in a man's eye
Overview
A 42-year-old man, Maxim Sleptsov, underwent medical surgery in the Sakha Republic after a seed germinated inside his eye. The incident originated during a summer trip to the Abyiski district, where Sleptsov was struck in the face by a tree branch while fishing and gathering berries.
Although the man initially rinsed his eye and removed a piece of bark, a seed remained lodged in his ocular tissue. Over the following four months, the seed developed a root that embedded itself approximately two centimeters deep into the conjunctival tissue.
Sleptsov reported symptoms including persistent redness, tearing, daily migraines, double vision, and increased intraocular pressure. Due to the remote location, the nearest ophthalmological hospital was hundreds of kilometers away. Surgeons eventually performed an extraction using local anesthesia to prevent permanent vision loss or corneal ulcers.
Entities
Maxim Sleptsov · Sakha Republic · Yakutsk Republican Ophthalmological Clinical Hospital · Siberia
Timeline
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[HEALTH] 2 sourcesSiberian man undergoes surgery after plant germinates in eye
A 42-year-old Siberian man required medical treatment after a seed from a tree branch germinated inside his eye following an accident in a remote forest.
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[HEALTH] 3 sourcesDoctors extract seed that grew roots in a man's eye
Surgeons in Russia's Sakha Republic removed a seed from a man's eye after it grew a three-millimeter root into his tissue.
Sources
alminuto.mx · infobae.com · lajornadanet.com · notifalcon.com · tn.com.ar