Woman complained of forgetfulness and depression before doctors pulled out an 8cm roundworm normally found in pythons.
It was a fairly regular day on the ward for Canberra hospital infectious diseases physician Dr Sanjaya Senanayake, until a neurosurgeon colleague called him and said: “Oh my god, you wouldn’t believe what I just found in this lady’s brain – and it’s alive and wriggling.”
The neurosurgeon, Dr Hari Priya Bandi, had pulled an 8cm-long parasitic roundworm from her patient, prompting her to call on Senanayake and other hospital colleagues for advice about what to do next.
Oh god. Now I’m worried.
Don’t be. The full case report shows there was a lot going on with her, enough to make them do a brain scan.
But yeah… don’t eat grass that carpet pythons have been on.