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

Friday, June 26, 2026

A patient's suspected brain tumor turned out to be parasitic worms, caught only when doctors looked past the obvious diagnosis. The case highlights how certainty blinds clinical reasoning.

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