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  1. Spanish Man’s Suspected Brain Cancer Revealed as Live Parasitic Tapeworms
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    Spanish Man’s Suspected Brain Cancer Revealed as Live Parasitic Tapeworms

    Doctors in Spain discovered live tapeworm larvae in a patient's brain after initially misdiagnosing the cysts as metastatic cancer. The rare autochthonous case raises diagnostic awareness.

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  2. Doctors Suspect Brain Cancer But Find Parasitic Worms Instead
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    Doctors Suspect Brain Cancer But Find Parasitic Worms Instead

    A man in Spain was diagnosed with a brain infection caused by Taenia solium worms, not cancer, after an MRI revealed multiple brain lesions.

    last wk. 1 min read