For first time ever, doctors remove 8-centimetres-long roundworm during brain surgery in Australia
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In the first instance of its kind, Australian medical professionals found a live parasitic roundworm measuring 8 cm within the brain of a woman exhibiting signs of depression and memory loss. The patient, a 64-year-old native from south-eastern New South Wales, was initially taken to her neighbourhood hospital in late January 2021 after experiencing three weeks of stomach discomfort and diarrhoea, followed by a persistent dry cough, a fever, and night sweats.