A recent X-ray scan showcasing calcified parasites embedded throughout a patient's body has gone viral, highlighting the ...

The patient’s condition, identified as cysticercosis, was caused by larval cysts of taenia solium (pork tapeworm) after ...

Essentially, these are larval cysts of taenia solium — also known as the ... doesn’t directly result in cysticercosis. “The life cycle begins with a human consuming raw or undercooked ...

The ER patient had no idea they'd been infested with taenia solium until they went to the hospital with a broken bone ...