A recent X-ray scan showcasing calcified parasites embedded throughout a patient's body has gone viral, highlighting the ...

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

An ER doctor explained how a patient suffered a tapeworm infection, with an X-ray showing the larvae all over his pelvis and legs.

The patient’s condition, identified as cysticercosis, was caused by larval cysts of taenia solium (pork tapeworm) after ...

A disturbing X-ray image shared by an emergency room doctor has revealed thousands of calcified tapeworm cysts throughout a ...

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

From their vital roles in nature, to strange super powers and extraordinarily complex life cycles, parasites are ... For instance, one man lived with a tapeworm in his brain for more than four ...

Undercooked pork can contain tapeworm larvae, potentially leading to tapeworm infection ... Like many parasites, the life cycle of this organism is complex and involves many different stages. Humans ...

Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a zoonotic disease, the causative agent of which is Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato (s.l.), the metacestode of a tapeworm parasite of ... 2014; Thompson, 2017). The ...