(FOX News)
Doctors in Arizona thought a Phoenix-area woman had a possible brain tumor, but it turned out there was something else penetrating her brain -- a worm. Rosemary Alvarez started experiencing numbness in her arm and blurred vision. She went to the emergency room twice and had a CAT scan, but everything came up clear. It wasn't until doctors took a closer look at an M-R-I that they discovered something very disturbing.
Alvarez was wheeled into surgery where Doctor Peter Nakaji and his colleagues were expecting to remove a tumor, but they uncovered a worm instead. Doctors removed the worm and don't believe Alvarez will have any lingering health problems. No one knows exactly where she picked up the worm -- doctors said worms can come from eating undercooked pork or spread by people who don't wash their hands after using the bathroom.
