Surgeon Hari Priya Bandi said she 'picked it up and just went ‘look at it, what is that?' after finding the worm on a patient's brain during a biopsy.
A woman who was admitted to hospital with mystery symptoms including forgetfulness had a live, wriggling worm plucked from her brain — a world first., had been admitted to the local hospital in late January 2021, after a few weeks of abdominal pain and diarrhea.
“We don’t find things that are surprising and when we do, that’s just unheard of,” said Surgeon Hari Priya Bandi, who was conducting the biopsy. Detection of Ophidascaris robertsi nematode infection in a 64-year-old woman from southeastern New South Wales, Australia.Infectious Disease expert Sanjaya Senanayake was working the wards in the Canberra Hospital in Australia that day when he got a call from his neurosurgical colleagues.The 3-inches long, “Ophidascaris robertsi,” is a roundworm that is usually found in pythons, making this the first time this parasite had been identified in a human being.
Senanayake said the patient resided near a lake that was also home to carpet pythons. And while she had come in no direct snake contact, the woman often collected native vegetation from around the lake where she lived to use in cooking.
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