Man died with 'tapeworm tumours'

Image: The dwarf tapeworm.

bbc.com - November 5th, 2015 - James Gallagher

A man has died with tumours made of cancerous parasitic worm tissue growing in his organs, doctors report.

The patient had HIV and his weakened immune system allowed the worm-cancer to flourish.

The unusual case was diagnosed through a collaboration between the US Centers for Disease Control and the UK's Natural History Museum.

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