The condition occurred after the patient consumed undercooked pork, allowing the taenia solium parasite to form larval cysts in soft tissues.

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.

Ingesting the eggs leads to tapeworm larvae growing in many different human tissues ... two to five-centimeter mark on the skin. A rash may also follow. After a period of time, sometimes years ...

Human botfly larvae ... But some egg-laying parasites go more than just skin deep. Tapeworms, for example, invade your intestines. Adults can stretch longer than a bowling lane and block up ...

Skin-penetrating nematodes are excreted ... to carbon dioxide play an important role in how these parasites interact with human hosts as they pass through the different stages of their life ...