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A MRI scan showed there were white cysts all over his brain caused by the larvae of Taenia solium, a tapeworm found in pigs.
A man died when tapeworm eggs hatched in his brain after eating contaminated pork. The unnamed 18-year-old visited the emergency room in India after suffering violent seizures after parasites spread to his brain. His parents told doctors in Faridabad, India, that he had experienced pain in the right side of his groin for a week.
On physical examination, he had swelling over his right eye, a tender right testicle and was confused, according to a case study in the New England Journal of Medicine. An MRI scan of his head showed there were white spots all over his brain. Each white spot was a cyst caused by the larvae of Taenia solium, a tapeworm found in pigs. Doctors also found cysts in the patient’s eye and testis.
