Surgery is usually required to remove the ... The tapeworm that can cause cysticercosis is a species called Taenia solium, also known as the pork tapeworm. Eggs from this species are passed ...

An emergency room physician shared the CT scan of a patient diagnosed with the parasitic infection called cysticercosis Getty, Sam Ghali, M.D./X An emergency room doctor is sharing the alarming ...

The unsettling diagnosis stems from a parasite called “cysticercosis,” an infection caused by the larvae of the parasite Taenia solium, also known outside the medical community as “Pork ...

After brain scans revealed a dark spot, doctors diagnosed Kennedy with brain cancer and scheduled surgery at Duke University ... from the parasite. Cysticercosis is caused by the eggs of pork ...

Dr Ghali said that the disease, which is termed cysticercosis, is due to the presence of larval cysts of the tapeworm Taenia solium. The parasite infects humans through eating raw or undercooked ...