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 ...

“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 ...

According to Dr Ghali -- who talks about medical emergencies all the time in order to raise awareness -- the patient had been diagnosed with a case of 'cysticercosis'. Cysticercosis is a parasitic ...

Neurocysticercosis is a type of cysticercosis, which is an infection caused by the tapeworm Taenia solium, that affects the brain or nerves. It is usually spread by accidentally eating eggs of the ...

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 ...