The rather graphic story of a mother in Arizona with a pork tapeworm found in her brain.
Taenia solium is a common brain parasite, and is spread by eating uncooked pork or food contaminated by human feces.
Moral of the story: wash your hands, cook your pork.
Here’s some footage of the operation. (via Neurophilosophy)
Yummy.
topics: neurosurgery, tapeworm
