Here is what you need to know about the condition. Neurocysticercosis is a parasitic infection of the brain. The condition is caused by larval cysts of the pork tapeworm - sacs containing the immature ...

Scans found tapeworm larval cysts in his brain - which cause cysticercosis. Doctors put the condition down to "improper handwashing". They believe the man, who got a tapeworm from eating underdone ...