The Ophidascaris robertsi roundworm was pulled from the patient after brain surgery - still alive and wriggling. It is suspected larvae, or juveniles, were also present in other organs in the woman’s body, including the lungs and liver.
In 2022, she was referred to a Canberra hospital for surgery after an MRI scan revealed abnormalities in her brain. During the surgery, doctors found an 8-centimeter-long, live parasitic roundworm in her brain.
Worms were found in the beds of surgical ward of District Hospital in UP's Mahoba.
Doctors removed the 1mm-wide nematode roundworm from the woman's tonsils. According to the Guardian, the worm was still alive when the doctors removed it using tweezers.
In a bizarre incident, a 25-year-old woman got a nasty surprise after eating sashimi. The doctor found a black 38-mm long roundworm squirming in her left tonsil.
One of the passengers found worms in the omelette when it was served in Deccan Queen. Sagar Kale, was travelling from Mumbai to Pune while the food was served to him. He said, "When the omelette was served, there were worms on the plate, in the pepper pouch and tomato sauce."
The tapeworm had likely been growing in the man's intestines for at least six months.
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