The condition occurred after the patient consumed undercooked pork, allowing the taenia solium parasite to form larval cysts in soft tissues.

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

A horrifying image of calcified parasites embedded in the soft tissue of a human body has gone viral after Sam Ghali, an emergency room doctor, shared the seriously disturbing scan on X.

The patient’s condition, identified as cysticercosis, was caused by larval cysts of taenia solium (pork tapeworm) after consuming raw or undercooked pork. A shocking image of calcified parasites ...

This can happen in various organs of the human body, as well as the muscles ... unnamed patient was actually unaware the tapeworm cysts were in his body. The X-ray was taken after an unrelated ...

He said tapeworms are unlikely ever again to be collected intact like the one on display because modern antiparasitic drugs cause the worms to break up within the body. That’s not to say D.

And scans revealed his body was infected with tapeworms ... causing the infection. A tapeworm grows inside the intestine of an infected human, sometimes to a length of 15metres.

AN "insane" X-ray has revealed a man infested with hundreds of tapeworm eggs after making ... "These cysts can travel anywhere throughout the human body. "In this patient they've travelled heavily ...

Essentially these are larval cysts of taenia solium – also known as the pork tapeworm.” According to Ghali, this occurs from a human consuming raw or uncooked pig, and then the person becoming ...