In Georgia, a 15-centimeter living parasite was found in the human brain. "This is the first confirmed case of a live ...

A doctor shared the disturbing X-ray image of a patient who unknowingly had a nightmarish parasite living inside of him. The ...

A doctor has shared stomach-turning X-ray images of a man who had tapeworms breeding inside of ... the man’s body after he ate undercooked pork, a condition known as cysticercosis.

The patient’s condition, identified as cysticercosis, was caused by larval cysts of taenia solium (pork tapeworm ... arise when the cysts reach the brain and calcify, causing neurocysticercosis.

The parasite infects humans through eating raw or undercooked pork infested with larval cysts. Though the tapeworm can develop ... and even to the brain. This X-ray image is enough to make anyone ...

A doctor has shared stomach-turning X-ray images of a man who had tapeworms breeding ... they travel to the brain and lodge there. “That can cause very serious issues. As you can imagine, that can ...

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Writing online, Dr Ghali described the condition as 'cysticercosis', otherwise known as infestation caused by the 'pork tapeworm'. He explained ... however - especially if the cysts travel to the ...

Essentially these are larval cysts of taenia solium – also known as the pork tapeworm ... sacs on his brain and doctors diagnosed him with neurocysticercosis. Image of a tapeworm.