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Star bicycle racer collapses, and the team must come up with a diagnosis after the patient admits to blood doping. House and Stacy continue sparring with each other. Clinic Case: Flight attendant poisons himself with gum.

Diagnosis was a thymoma, a tumor on the thymus. The thymoma caused the patient to develop myasthenia gravis (MG) and pure red cell aplasia (PRCA). MG causes severe muscle weakness and PRCA causes the bone marrow to stop producing red blood cells. The reason the patient showed no prior symptoms was because he was basically "self treating" the MG and PRCA by blood doping and sleeping in a hyperbaric chamber.

Clinic Patient Diagnosis: sorbitol poisoning. Excessive amounts of sorbitol from gum caused severe diarrhea.

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    • Author: EXIBUZYW
    House must quickly discover why a famous bicycle racer is suddenly having serious physical issues. Suspecting steroids is just the beginning. The bicyclist proves to be no different than any other ego-driven star athlete, and his publicist, played by the fetching Tara Henson, is a howl as she stews and storms and eventually blackmails Cuddy to keep a lid on things, in the form of a great big donation to the hospital. I wasn't particularly crazy about the premise, and I suspect you won't be, either. Still, House remains in rare form. Right about this episode, Wilson's role is nicely expanded to deal with his heretofore only hinted-at faltering marriage and housing predicament.
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    • Author: Ckelond
    In each episode, house's staff throws stuff at the wall to see if it sticks ... its always a plethora of diseases or illnesses or cancer ... they work through 40 minutes trying to diagnose a rabid rabbit ... test after teat usually reveals nothing but in a moment of truth. house figures it out at least 3 times until he gets it correct ... it all makes me wonder why anyone would go to a hospital for treatment
  • Episode cast overview, first billed only:
    Hugh Laurie Hugh Laurie - Dr. Gregory House
    Lisa Edelstein Lisa Edelstein - Dr. Lisa Cuddy
    Omar Epps Omar Epps - Dr. Eric Foreman
    Robert Sean Leonard Robert Sean Leonard - Dr. James Wilson
    Jennifer Morrison Jennifer Morrison - Dr. Allison Cameron
    Jesse Spencer Jesse Spencer - Dr. Robert Chase
    Sela Ward Sela Ward - Stacy Warner
    Currie Graham Currie Graham - Mark Warner
    Alanna Ubach Alanna Ubach - Dr. Louise Harper
    Tom Lenk Tom Lenk - Allen
    Taraji P. Henson Taraji P. Henson - Moira
    Kristoffer Polaha Kristoffer Polaha - Jeff Forrester
    Patrick Roman Miller Patrick Roman Miller - Maintenance Man
    Drew Gardner Drew Gardner - Blind Guy
    Scott Kradolfer Scott Kradolfer - Matthew's Father
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