“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 ...

It is caused by larval tapeworms in the brain. This particular tapeworm was Taenia solium, which is a parasite that is present in pigs. It can spread to humans through contaminated food and water.

Doctors diagnosed Palma with neurocysticercosis, a parasitic infection in the brain caused by the tapeworm Taenia solium. Bobbi Pritt, director of the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory in the Mayo ...

Pork can contain larval cysts of the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium which can cause an infection if eaten. These cysts can then develop into an adult tapeworm in the intestines which produce eggs ...

solium is endemic, explained Jorge Burneo, a neurologist at Western University who was not involved in the research. “But we never had basic science evidence that that's the case.” Moving forward, the ...