Gerardo Moctezuma Brain Tapeworm Case

After experiencing months of severe headaches, Gerardo Moctezuma from Austin, Texas, consulted doctors who performed an MRI and revealed a tapeworm lodged in the middle of his brain. Surgeons later removed the parasite in one piece during brain surgery and said it had probably been there for about a decade. Doctors believe he contracted the tapeworm more than 10 years earlier while living in Mexico, when he ate undercooked meat that allowed the parasite to enter his body and grow undetected. Moctezuma felt like his normal self again after the operation.

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