A stomach-turning image of a parasite infection embedded ... The unsettling diagnosis stems from a parasite called “cysticercosis,” an infection caused by the larvae of the parasite Taenia ...

When cysts develop in the brain or other parts of the central nervous system, the condition is known as neurocysticercosis; between 2.5 and 8.5 million people worldwide are believed to have ...

Festering tapeworm eggs were discovered to have taken up residence in his head after physicians conducted a CT scan to obtain a detailed image of ... known medically as neurocysticercosis, is ...

Kennedy Jr. said he once suffered from it. The condition, known as neurocysticercosis, is a brain infection linked to larvae from pork tapeworms. It's rare: It hospitalizes roughly 1,000 to 2,000 ...

Further labs and imaging at the hospital showed that the cysts were parasitic tapeworm larvae that had taken up residence in his brain and caused an infection called neurocysticercosis ...

Neurocysticercosis appears to be on the rise in the United States, based on immigration patterns and published cases series, including reports of domestic acquisition. We used a collaborative ...