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.

A Taenia solium infection, taeniasis, happens after someone eats tapeworm eggs in contaminated ... as well as the muscles, skin, eyes and the central nervous system. Cysticercosis and ...

Folliculitis is a common skin condition commonly triggered by: bacterial or fungal infections viruses like herpes simplex parasites like demodex mites certain medications The resulting rash of ...

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 ...