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A 71-year-old man was found to have a tapeworm (shown in a video) in his peritoneal cavity during elective repair of a right inguinal hernia. He recalled having consumed raw snake meat during his military service 50 years earlier. Read the full case presentation at NEJM.org.
A 71-year-old man was found to have a tapeworm (shown in a video) in his peritoneal cavity during elective repair of a right inguinal hernia. He recalled having consumed raw snake meat during his military service 50 years earlier. Read the full case presentation at NEJM.org.










