“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 ...

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

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

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

A doctor has shared stomach-turning X-ray images of a man who had tapeworms breeding inside of him after he made a serious ...

Doctors diagnosed Palma with neurocysticercosis, a parasitic infection in the brain caused by the tapeworm Taenia solium. Bobbi Pritt, director of the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory in the Mayo ...

Pig brain naturally infected with Taenia solium five days after praziquantel treatment and infused Evans blue prior to necropsy. The black arrows point to blue cysts with increased vascular ...

Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a parasitic infection of the central nervous system caused by the larval stage of the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium. This condition is a significant public health issue ...

Dr Ghali said in the video that the condition, known as "cysticercosis" was caused by the "larval cyst of taenia solium, also known as the pork tapeworm". He said the cysts can travel "throughout ...

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 ...

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