A 26-year-old Napa man is recovering after a brain scan revealed he had a tapeworm in his brain and required immediate surgery.

She underwent surgery to remove a cancerous tumor. Instead, doctors found a tapeworm. Rachel Palma wants people to know that this ‘was such a rare occurrence’ ...

If you’re brave enough, you can watch video footage of the surgery, including a shot of the wriggling tapeworm inside the patient’s colon, on the NEJM website.

Following the surgery, they diagnosed Palma with neurocysticercosis, a parasitic infection caused by—deep breath—"swallowing microscopic eggs passed in the feces of a person who has an ...

He’d been dealing with awful headaches and “feeling off” but his tumble during soccer prompted him to check it out.

Eventually the tapeworm eggs found its way into Ortiz’s intestine and eventually the worm made it into his brain, which is a condition known as Cysticercosis, according to the Centers for ...

Tapeworm in fox poop that will slowly destroy your organs is on the rise The worm indefinitely proliferates into cystic masses in organs, mimicking cancer.

The tapeworm is a parasite that lives in the gut. Learn about types, symptoms, complications, and prevention here.

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed in a newly revealed deposition from over a decade ago that a worm ate part of his brain before dying inside his head.

Think you have a parasite? Here’s how to tell a pinworm from a tapeworm. Both tapeworms and pinworms affect your gut and overall health.

Globe Magazine A tapeworm may have changed the lives of Caesar, RFK Jr., and millions of others Inside the world-changing history of a tapeworm — and why it matters now.