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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Vishwam Sankaran

‘Alive and wriggling’ parasitic worm removed from brain of Australian woman

Canberra Health Services via AP

A live, 8cm-long (3in) worm has been removed from the brain of a 64-year-old Australian woman by a neurosurgeon investigating the patient’s mystery symptoms.

The surgeon, Hari Priya Bandi, was operating on the woman’s skull when she discovered the parasite still alive – thought to be a world-first.

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