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'It’s alive and moving': Doctors remove 3-inch parasitic worm from woman’s brain in world first

A neurosurgeon investigating a woman’s mystery symptoms in an Australian hospital says she plucked a wriggling worm from the patient’s brain.Surgeon Hari Priya Bandi was performing a biopsy through a ...
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‘It’s moving;” Surgeon tells of removing live worm from woman’s brain

A woman in Australia who complained of stomach upset, forgetfulness and depression had a 3-inch worm removed from her brain in what doctors say was a first, according to Reuters. The 64-year-old woman ...
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‘Still alive and wriggling:’ Doctors remove 3-inch parasitic worm from woman’s brain in world first

(CNN) — When a 64-year-old Australian woman was sent to hospital for brain surgery, neurosurgeon Dr. Hari Priya Bandi was not expecting to pull out a live 8-centimeter (3-inch) long parasitic ...