Man complaining of headache has huge six-inch worm removed from forehead
Stunned surgeons have pulled something rather gruesome from a man's forehead after he began complaining of headaches.
A 15cm-long worm was removed after being burrowed under his skin around his temples, grim pictures show.
Doctors extracted the parasite at a hospital in Novorossiysk, Russia, after the patient came in experiencing agony coming from a painful lump emerging above his left eye.
Believing he'd developed an infection following a mosquito bite, health experts were shocked at what they found.
Tools were used to cut into the lump before the thin, white roundworm was extracted. The worms are parasitic creatures which survive in humans and other animals' bodies, often causing diarrhoea and a fever.
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In an even more bizarre turn of events, staff at the City Hospital No.1 have since put the worm on display.
Surgeons were stunned to extract the thread-like parasite (Newsflash)
In a bizarre development, hospital staff have since put the worm on display (Newsflash)Following an examination, a surgeon had made a cut in the painful lump and pulled a thin, white roundworm - mistakeable for a small piece of thread - from it.
A statement released earlier this week by the facility said: "Last week, a young man with a complaint of painful swelling in the brow area was admitted to the City Hospital of Novorossiysk.
"A doctor from the maxillofacial department suspected a purulent-inflammatory process in the young man.
"The patient was hospitalised in the maxillofacial surgery department, where he underwent a surgical intervention: the doctors opened an abscess.
"During the opening, a thin, white worm approximately 15 cm long was found."
The worm, the hospital said, had settled in tissue beneath the man's skin near his brow, but finding the parasites could be difficult due to it not having been in the body long enough for more severe, specific symptoms to present themselves. Without throrogh tests, doctors said the worms can often be mistaken for skin infections.
"The most informative information can be obtained through ultrasound examination," staff said.
Surgeon Vladimir Konstantinovich Kovalev pulled the worm from the unnamed patient's forehead (Newsflash)"Doctors from the maxillofacial department note that not long ago, dirofilariasis was considered a rare disease in humans, although it may now become characteristic of the hot climate of Novorossiysk.
"The carriers of dirofilariasis are mosquitoes. The insect bites an infected animal, and the larvae of the parasite remain in its proboscis, which it then transmits to humans when biting them.
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"The treatment of dirofilariasis is surgical, with mandatory parasitological examination to determine the further treatment and observation strategy, as explained by maxillofacial surgeon Vladimir Konstantinovich Kovalev, who performed the surgery on the man.
"As of today, the patient feels well and continues treatment in the conditions of a day hospital.
"P.S. The parasitic worm is now an exhibit in the maxillofacial department's intern room at the City Hospital."
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