Doctors discovered live hookworms in a woman's stomach.

Related: Cockroach Extracted from Man's Small Intestine — and It Was Still Alive An endoscopy involves a long thin tube being inserted in the mouth to ... the presence of hookworm eggs.

Journal of Medical Case Reports A medical scan showed live hookworms in a woman’s stomach ... a long thin tube being inserted in the mouth to examine organs up close, the Cleveland Clinic ...

However when the problems persisted doctors carried out an endoscopy—inserting a camera into the gut via the mouth—and found live hookworms crawling in her gut. Tests also showed that ...

During an endoscopy procedure, live hookworms were found inside her small intestine and eggs were later discovered in her stool. Getty Images photo The woman had first gone to the doctor after ...