An Australian man suffered numerous sinus infections over an 18-year period before doctors finally smoked out the cause: good ol cannabis.

No, not in the way youre thinking: This guy stuck a packet of pot up his nose just before going into prison and then forgot about it.

For 18 years.

The 48-year-old patient finally realised his breathtaking situation thanks to doctors at Sydneys Westmead Hospital, where he was referred after complaining of headaches.

According to a study published earlier this week in BMJ Case Reports , appropriately titled Nose out of Joint, a CT scan showed what looked like a calcified lesion in the nasal passage.

When surgeons went in for a closer look, they ended up removing what the report described as a rubber capsule containing degenerate vegetable/plant matter.

Yeah, yeah, pictures or it didnt happen. Here you go: