Doctors suspected man had brain cancer. He actually had worms.

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1. Neurocysticercosis (cyst from pork tapeworms): RFK Jr has admitted the same with him...

He was about to undergo brain surgery for suspected tumor when someone finally had the medical good sense of even a reasonably competent first year resident or intern to test for evidence of Taenia solium (pork tapeworm) infection. Yes, I am a bit contemptuous, as this is not all that rare--even in the US and a neurologist worth his/her salt SHOULD have had that on their rule-outs before assuming a mass on MRI was automatically a tumor. Not to mention, had they even spoken to him with his longstanding habit of eating wildlife roadkill a number of species. Undercooked bear meat being one such example that infected a family of six in South Dakota a few years ago.