Monday, June 16, 2008

HHT On House

I finally found the links - but missed the episode when it aired, when HHT featured on HOUSE (tv show, on TEN in Australia).

Season 3, ep 16 http://www.housemd-guide.com/season3/316secret.php
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http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/show/house/top_secret.php?page=13

The patient of the week
  • Ex-marine who thinks he has gulf war syndrome because he has unexplained fatigue, rashes and joint pain. This patient turns up in a dream House has before the patient is given him even though House has no memory of ever having seen him before.
The mis-diagnoses
  • Some of the things they suspect, test for or try to treat include, autoimmune diseases, lymphoma, tumors in the brain, infections,

The final diagnosis
  • Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia, a genetic disease that destroys the patients capillaries. The problems caused by this can be fixed with a few surgeries
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