“This is a condition known as cysticercosis. Essentially, these are larval cysts of taenia solium — also known as the pork tapeworm.” He explained that the unnamed patient developed the ...

A 52-year-old man in Florida was living out everyone’s worst ... was found in his brain. The tapeworm had been causing severe ...

He was originally concerned he had a brain tumor, and when he got checked out ... in areas where pigs come into contact with ...

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 ...