Great. Though the man had suffered with migraines previously, his usual medication wasn’t helping anymore and doctors sent him for scans, where he was found to have tapeworm larval cysts in his brain, ...

The cysts can infect various parts of the body causing a condition known as cysticercosis. When they infect the brain, such as in the US patient’s case, the condition is known as ...

Cysticercosis is caused by the larvae of the parasite Taenia solium, or pork tapeworm (stock photo) A man in the US who complained of frequent migraines was found to have tapeworm larvae in his ...