Question: what type of organ have you seen be torn due to parasites?

Erin Pallott answered on 25 Mar 2025:

I mainly work with whipworms, an intestinal parasite of mice. I haven’t seen any organs torn because of them, but you can see the tissue of the intestines looks very unhealthy. I can often tell they’re infected before I even see a worm.
Parasitic diseases have a lot of variety though! They can infect all sorts of organs including the blood.