“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 ...

Pork can carry taenia solium larvae, a parasitic tapeworm. After eating infected pork, the larvae get into body tissues where they form cysts—a condition called cysticercosis. The larvae can ...

Taenia solium is the scientific name for a pork tapeworm. This confirmed that the man had neurocysticercosis, which is when cysts containing the larval forms of Taenia solium are present somewhere ...

Better well done than wormy! A stomach-turning image of a parasite infection embedded in the muscle of a human body shows the dangers a person can face if they consume undercooked pork. Emergency ...

Ingesting the eggs (larvae) of pork tapeworms (Taenia solium) in feces can cause an infection called cysticercosis. This can happen, for example, if someone who has tapeworms doesn't wash their ...

Not very nice, as it happens. One extreme closeup from 2017 reveals the scolex of a Taenia solium tapeworm, and it's just as upsetting as you might imagine. Taken by Teresa Zgoda at the Rochester ...

But several parasites can and do infect the central nervous system. The most common of these is Taenia solium, aka the pork tapeworm. Gross as it sounds, infection with a pork tapeworm usually doesn’t ...

A Florida man suffering from persistent migraines was in for what was likely a nasty shock when he sought medical treatment and learned what was causing the pain. Festering tapeworm eggs were ...

The pork tapeworm, also called Taenia solium, is very rare in Belgium and Europe, and cases of it are often linked to eating contaminated food in other countries. No further risks MRI screening ...

There are three tapeworms that can lead to taeniasis: taenia saginata, taenia solium and taenia asiatica. Taenia saginata is transmitted by cattle whereas taenia solium and taenia asiatica are ...