Doctors discovered what appeared to be a suspicious mass in his lung after he sought medical attention for a persistent cough and chest symptoms.
Scans raised concerns because the growth looked similar to a tumor.
Given his age and the appearance of the mass, lung cancer was considered a serious possibility.
When surgeons removed the object, they made a surprising discovery.
The supposed tumor was actually a small plastic Playmobil traffic cone lodged inside his lung.
Baxter then remembered accidentally inhaling the toy while playing as a child around 40 years earlier.
The object had apparently remained inside his airway for decades without causing major symptoms.
Over time, the body reacted to the foreign object by surrounding it with inflamed tissue, creating a mass that appeared abnormal on medical scans.
