Grim video shows the moment dozens of mushrooms were found growing in a woman's ears.
The patient came into a clinic in Vietnam complaining that her ears were itchy and painful.
It happened at a medical centre in Dien Bien province.
Video, which is not for the sqeamish, showed the scale of the problem.
According to the doctor who treated her, medics were surprised with what they found.
The doctor checked her with endoscopic equipment on September 9, and was stunned to see so many mushrooms growing.
It is thought that an ear infection could be to blame.
If left to fester, the mushrooms could destroy the woman's ear canal.
The doctor quickly removed the mushrooms from the girl's ear.
