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An 8cm (3in) worm that was discovered alive in the brain of an Australian woman is a first for science.

During surgery in Canberra last year, the "string-like structure" was removed from the patient's injured frontal lobe.

We were definitely not prepared for it. According to operating physician Dr. Hari Priya Bandi, "Everyone was shocked."

The 64-year-old woman had experienced stomach ache, a cough, and night sweats for months before they turned into forgetfulness and melancholy.

Late in January 2021, she was admitted to the hospital, and a scan subsequently showed that she had "an atypical lesion within the right frontal lobe of the brain."

However, it wasn't until June 2022 during a biopsy that Dr. Bandi's instrument uncovered the root of her problem.

According to scientists, the red parasite may have survived in her brain for up to two months.

The woman, who resided in the state of New South Wales's southeast close to a lake, is doing well.

According to experts who published their findings in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, her case is thought to be the first documented occurrence of a larvae invasion and development in the human brain.

The neurosurgeon who discovered the worm claimed that when she first touched it, she had just started to touch the portion of the brain that had mysteriously appeared in the images.

Dr. Bandi remarked, "I thought, gosh, that feels funny, you couldn't see anything more abnormal."

"And after I could actually feel something, I yanked it out with my tweezers and said, 'Gosh! And what is that? It's jogging!"

"Everyone was in disbelief. The worm that we discovered was also enthusiastically and furiously crawling outside the brain, she added.