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“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 largest rings were as big as marbles while the smallest were ... The halos, doctors would discover, were worms: the larval form of the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium, endemic to much of South ...