Doctors thought man had brain cancer — they found live tapeworms instead

Doctors thought a 60-year-old man had metastatic brain cancer after scans revealed multiple tumors – but further testing revealed a shocking diagnosis . The Spanish man, who was not named, was found to have a parasitic tapeworm larvae lodged in his brain — a case of neurocysticercosis, a parasitic infection of the central nervous system caused by the pork tapeworm (Taenia solium). The patient, a lifelong resident of Castellón, Spain, had not traveled to any regions where the disease is endemic,