The world’s first 8 cm (3 in) long living worm was discovered in an Australian woman’s brain on Monday, according to scientists, according to the BBC.
The 64-year-old lady allegedly experienced stomach ache, a cough, and night sweats for months before they progressed to forgetfulness and melancholy.
Late in January 2021, she was brought to the hospital, and a scan subsequently showed that she had “an atypical lesion within the right frontal lobe of the brain.”
Her condition’s underlying cause, however, wasn’t discovered until a biopsy in June 2022.
During the patient’s operation in Canberra in 2022, the operating physician, Dr. Hari Priya Bandi, said that a “string-like structure” was removed from the patient’s injured frontal lobe.
It was absolutely not what we were anticipating, she remarked. Everyone was in disbelief.
According to the BBC, her case is thought to be the first occurrence of a larvae invasion and growth in the human brain, according to researchers who described the case in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases.
During the patient’s operation in Canberra in 2022, the operating physician, Dr. Hari Priya Bandi, said that a “string-like structure” was removed from the patient’s injured frontal lobe.
It was absolutely not what we were anticipating, she remarked. Everyone was in disbelief.
According to the BBC, her case is thought to be the first occurrence of a larvae invasion and growth in the human brain, according to researchers who described the case in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases.
The red parasite might have survived in her brain for up to two months, the doctor added.
The woman, who resided in the state of New South Wales’s southeast next to a lake, is doing well.
The neurosurgeon who discovered the worm claimed that when she first touched it, she had just started to touch the portion of the brain that had mysteriously shown in the images.
“Gosh, that feels funny; you couldn’t see anything more bizarre,” I said.
“And after I could really feel anything, I yanked it out with my tweezers and said, ‘Gosh! And what is that? It’s jogging!”
“Everyone was in disbelief. And the worm that we discovered was enthusiastically and furiously going outside the brain,” stated Dr. Bandi.
