“I just thought: ‘What is that? It doesn’t make any sense. But it’s alive and moving,’' the surgeon told a local news outlet.
CANBERRA, AustraliaA neurosurgeon investigating a woman’s mystery symptoms in an Australian hospital says she plucked a wriggling worm from the patient’s brain.
The creature was the larva of an Australian native roundworm not previously known to be a human parasite, named Ophidascaris robertsi. The worms are commonly found in carpet pythons. "Suddenly, with her forceps, she’s picking up this thing that’s wriggling. She and everyone in that operating theater were absolutely stunned," Senanayake added.
The patient had been sent home soon after the surgery with antiparasitic drugs and had not returned to hospital since, Senanayake said. "She’s done OK, but obviously because this is a new infection, we’re keeping a close eye on her," Senanayake told Ten Network television.
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