Armstrong had surgery in November for what she thought was a rare, terminal cancer. She found out a day or two later that the grapefruit-sized lump doctors had removed from her liver during a four-hour operation was a cyst created by a rare parasite. What you have is not cancer ... What we think you have is this very rare parasite called Echinococcus multilocularis.’”The tiny tapeworm found in foxes, coyotes and domestic dogs can be passed on to people. “It’s a serious disease for the individuals who get it and we are probably going to be seeing more cases. “Up until a few years ago, that tapeworm was very rare in Canada and we hadn’t heard of a case in humans,” said Klein.

Source: thestar January 26, 2020 15:00 UTC