Australian surgeon Dr Hari Priya Bandi has recalled her shock at finding a live worm in a patient’s brain.<br /><br />The “string-like structure” was pulled from a 64-year-old woman’s damaged frontal lobe during surgery in Canberra last year.<br /><br />She had suffered symptoms including stomach pain, a cough and night sweats, which evolved into forgetfulness and depression, before being admitted to hospital in January 2021.<br /><br />“I pulled it out and I thought, ‘Gosh, what’s that, it’s moving,’” Dr Bandi recalled, detailing the biopsy.<br /><br />Doctors believe the red parasite could have been alive in the woman’s brain for up to two months.<br /><br />The patient, who lives in New South Wales, is recovering well.
