/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Lumping together the best parts of tapeworm infection and cancer, tapeworms of genus Echinococcus, obtained by interaction with dogs or other canines, multiply rapidly within their intermediate hosts to build up cysts that can reach a diameter of about 50cm. Those can form anywhere within the body - including the brain, heart or lungs. Should a large cyst burst - which can happen by, say, falling down on the cyst, the host almost certainly dies from the septic shock.