The patient had passed the tapeworm at home, and understandably alarmed, wrapped it around a toilet paper roll and brought it to the emergency room to be inspected. Measuring in at 5 foot 6 ...

no pork tapeworm eggs were discovered at the time. Similar parasite eggs had also been found in toilet structures of the ruins of Korokan in Fukuoka, which is referred to as the "ancient guest ...

The gross-out factor is strong. Among the museum's selection of parasites is an 8.8-meter-long tapeworm recovered intact from a hapless diner’s intestine. Toshiaki Kuramochi, the museum director ...