A horrifying image of calcified parasites embedded in the soft tissue of a human body has gone viral after Sam Ghali, an emergency room doctor, shared the seriously disturbing scan on X.

Dr Ghali said that the disease, which is termed cysticercosis, is due to the presence of larval cysts of the tapeworm Taenia solium. The parasite infects humans through eating raw or undercooked ...

The patient’s condition, identified as cysticercosis, was caused by larval cysts of taenia solium (pork tapeworm) after consuming raw or undercooked pork. A shocking image of calcified parasites ...

The main tapeworm species that affect humans are the beef tapeworm and the ... Fright night fantasies give rise to real fears that a contagious wasting disease will jump from zombie deer to ...

The ER patient had no idea they'd been infested with taenia solium until they went to the hospital with a broken bone ...

A man was left in horror after an X-ray revealed his body was riddled with tapeworm eggs ... This can happen in various organs of the human body, as well as the muscles, skin, eyes and the ...

The gross-out factor is strong. Among the museum's selection of parasites is an 8.8-meter-long tapeworm recovered intact from a hapless diner’s intestine. Toshiaki Kuramochi, the museum director ...