That’s Not a Brain Tumor … That’s a Worm!

Posted by Alex in Medicine on November 22, 2008 at 1:52 pm


Rosemary Alvarez went to the doctor because she had numbness in her arms and blurred vision. An MRI revealed something unusual deep in her brain stem, so doctors immediately sent her to surgery.

But they didn’t find the tumor they expected - instead, they found … a worm!

Doctors removed the worm and don’t believe Alvarez will have any lingering health problems. No one knows exactly where she picked up the worm –- doctors said worms can come from eating undercooked pork or spread by people who don’t wash their hands after using the bathroom, according to the report.

Link (video here) - via Arbroath

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13 comments to "That’s Not a Brain Tumor … That’s a Worm!"

  1. TwoDragons
    November 22nd, 2008 at 2:31 pm

    *waddles jauntily in, sees article, goes pale, runs from room retching violently*

    –TwoDragons

  2. Justin
    November 22nd, 2008 at 2:37 pm

    “IT’S NOT A TUMOR!”

  3. NeuroGirl
    November 22nd, 2008 at 2:41 pm

    Relatively common parasitic infection. The miracle is that there was only one…

  4. cuimhne
    November 22nd, 2008 at 4:00 pm

    @ Justin:

    That’s the first thing i thought of too! lol shouldn’t it be “It’s not a Tuh-mah!”?

  5. Ali S.
    November 22nd, 2008 at 4:16 pm

    At first I’d be happy knowing I don’t have a tumor but then be even more horrified at the thought of a worm eating my brain. @_@

  6. SenorMysterioso
    November 22nd, 2008 at 4:34 pm

    how horrifying

  7. raina_c
    November 22nd, 2008 at 11:23 pm

    Well…I was hungry.

  8. Justin
    November 23rd, 2008 at 12:15 am

    Sorry Cuimhne, I forgot to tranlate from English to Schwarzenegger. :P

  9. psychomar
    November 23rd, 2008 at 4:03 am

    Isn’t this called NeuroCysticercosis?
    Wasn’t this exactly what happened in the pilot episode of House MD?
    Isn’t it more interesting if I write things as if they were questions?

  10. liphttam1
    November 23rd, 2008 at 8:09 am

    I liked it better when it was a tumor! No nevermind a worm is better. No a tumer. I can’t deside.

  11. Brain Worm
    November 23rd, 2008 at 5:48 pm

    Don’t knock brain until you’ve tried it.

  12. LisaL
    November 23rd, 2008 at 10:16 pm

    How do they know it didn’t lay eggs? BLEH that’s gross

  13. Rocky Rook
    November 25th, 2008 at 10:14 pm

    Gross!


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