A new study provides strong evidence associating seizures with areas of brain tissue swelling in people infected by a parasitic tapeworm. The swellings, called perilesional edemas, form around dead, ...

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 room ...

A horrifying image of calcified parasites embedded in the soft tissue of a human body has gone viral after Sam Ghali, an emergency room doctor, shared the seriously disturbing scan on X. Describing ...

Doctors in Mumbai have raised an alarm over the rising number of tapeworm infections during the monsoon, warning that they could lead to deadly brain damage. They specifically pointed to the threat of ...

A 45-year-old woman has a solitary cysticercosis lesion in the right parietal region (seen on MRI scan) leading to seizures. Her seizures have been controlled with phenytoin. Should she be given ...

Fig 1 (A and C) Plain and (B and D) postcontrast computed tomography images showing multiple nonenhancing hypodense lesions in the bilateral cerebral and cerebellar hemispheres. These lesions were ...

DEPOSITION of calcium or true ossification in the eyeball has been known to the ophthalmologist and pathologist. These conditions occur most commonly in the choroid and are believed to be often caused ...

The patient had scrotal calcinosis, a rare condition characterized by multiple, slowly growing, distinct nodular masses embedded within the dermis of the scrotal skin. Uncertainty exists as to whether ...

WHAT: A new study by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) scientist Theodore E. Nash, M.D., and colleagues provides strong evidence associating seizures with areas of brain ...