Ars Technica·3 min read·medium
Surprised doctors find 10-inch worm in man's groin during elective surgery
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Surgeons performing an elective hernia repair on a 71-year-old man discovered a 10-inch parasitic worm in his abdomen. The patient reported a similar incident in the past, highlighting a rare medical case documented in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Unexpected Surprised doctors find 10-inch worm in man’s groin during elective surgery Oddly, it wasn’t the first time this had happened to the man.
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