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Chinese doctors remove pair of 10cm live worms from woman’s arm after year-long pain

South China Morning Post

June 18, 2026

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Chinese doctors remove pair of 10cm live worms from woman’s arm after year-long pain

Doctors in southern China had to remove two 10cm-long living worms from the arm of an anguished woman after she reported a big lump. The woman, surnamed Wang, said the lump, which first appeared on her arm a year ago, got bigger and bigger. Eventually, it ballooned to the size of a quail egg. Wang said the sharp pain from the swollen mass prompted her to seek medical treatment at Shenzhen People’s Hospital, in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, reported Shenzhen TV. Doctors said the two worms taken...

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