a woman lived with a worm in a vertebra

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Physical tests reveal a problem in the legs, and a blood test shows a very high rate of white blood cells and C-reactive protein, a sign of acute inflammation and possible infection. It is thanks to an MRI of the spine that the doctors begin to suspect something: the images reveal the existence of a lesion at the level of the 9th thoracic vertebra, also affecting the epidural space, which contains nerve roots.

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