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Photo gallery: Liver fluke

64-year-old Mike Baughman is among hundreds of veterans who have been diagnosed with a rare form of bile duct cancer that may be linked to their time in the service and an unexpected source: parasites in raw or poorly cooked river fish.

64-year-old Mike Baughman is among hundreds of veterans who have been diagnosed with a rare form of bile duct cancer that may be linked to their time in the service and an unexpected source: parasites in raw or poorly cooked river fish.

  (Ben Margot / AP)

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Some of the hundreds of U.S. veterans of the Vietnam War who suffered from cholangiocarcinoma, a rare bile duct cancer believed to be linked to liver fluke parasites in raw or poorly cooked river fish.

Liver Flukes

Sept. 7, 2016: A display of preserved liver fluke parasites at the Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand. Cholangiocarcinoma, a rare form of bile duct cancer, is linked to liver fluke parasites in raw or poorly cooked river fish.

  (Sakchai Lalit / AP)

Liver Flukes

Sept. 7, 2016: A section of a preserved liver with cholangiocarcinoma, on display at the Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand. The rare form of bile duct cancer is linked to liver fluke parasites in raw or poorly cooked river fish.

  (Sakchai Lalit / AP)

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