Surgeons opened a brain lesion expecting to find a tumor, but it took over a year to discover what was really there
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“Australian surgeons removed a live 3-inch parasitic worm from a woman's brain after initially suspecting a tumor. This case represents the first known human infection by the species Ophidascaris robertsi.”
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