'It continued to move with vigor. We all felt a bit sick,' neurosurgeon Hari Priya Bandi said of her operating team.
A neurosurgeon investigating a woman's mystery symptoms in Australia has plucked a wriggling worm from the patient's brain.A 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. The woman had been admitted to the hospital after experiencing forgetfulness and worsening depression over three months. Scans showed changes in her brain.
Bandi said her patient regained conscious after the worm was extracted without any negative consequences. 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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