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

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

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

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

He explained that the unnamed patient developed the condition after eating raw or undercooked pork which contained tapeworm larvae. The larvae - newly hatched worms - get into body tissues and ...

Essentially these are larval cysts of taenia solium - also known as the pork tapeworm." According to Ghali, this occurs from a human consuming raw or uncooked pig, and then the person becoming ...

He explained: "This is a condition known as cysticercosis. Essentially these are larval cysts of taenia solium - also known as the pork tapeworm." According to Ghali, this occurs from a human ...

A Taenia solium infection, taeniasis, happens after someone eats tapeworm eggs in contaminated or uncooked pork. Tissue cysts cause the infection cysticercosis, which are particularly dangerous ...