304: Lines in the Sand

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"LINES IN THE SAND"

House Episode Number: 304

House Season: 3

Original Air Date: September 26, 2006

Writer: David Hoselton

Director: Newton Thomas Sigel

Special Guest(s): Braeden Lemasters (Adam); Geoffrey Blake (Dominic); Heather Kafka (Sarah); Leighton Meester (Ali); Stephanie Venditto (Nurse Brenda); Kat Sawyer (Laura Smith); Johnny Crear (Thomas Williams); Ron Perkins (Dr. Simpson); Bobbin Bergstrom (Nurse)

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When doctors are unable to diagnose why a severely autistic boy screams loudly for no apparent reason, House takes the case. As the boy's condition worsens, it becomes obvious that House relates to the boy because he has no social niceties.

HOUSE EPISODE'S MEDICAL MYSTERY: PATIENT OF THE WEEK (POTW)

Location of incident:	Patient's home
Name / occupation / age / sex of POTW:	Adam/10/male
POTW symptom(s):	Boy is severely autistic Continuous screaming Constipation Gagging, spitting up large amounts of fluid Abnormal heart rhythm
Team mis-diagnoses:	Cirrhosis Liver Failure Drugs (Jimson Weed) Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
House team's rule violation(s) / ethical breaches:	House orders the team to search the patients home and yard.
House's "Aha!" moment:	House sees the picture of a sand box and the picture Adam drew of wavy lines.
POTW final diagnosis:	Toxoplasmosis (caused by Raccoon Worms invading Adam's liver, heart, lungs and eyes)
Other / clinic patient(s):	None

Best Episode Moments

Wilson telling Cuddy that House has Asperger's Syndrome.

House brings his team into the clinic because he wants his blood-stained carpet put back in his office.

When Adam gives House his PSP.

House, "Eating the red berries."

House Quotes

House: "I don't pity this kid, I envy him."

House: "After that look, I'm feeling a little frisky and looks like you're up."
Cuddy: "I'm ovulating. Let's go."
House: "The frisky, it went away."

House (to Cuddy after finding out his carpet had been replaced): "I want my carpet back."

House Episode Trivia

As with the previous episode, they again confuse Pleural Edema (fluid within the lungs) with Pleural Effusion (fluid surrounding the lungs).

If the liver was infected with worms, Adam's lungs would have been enlarged (Nephromegaly) and possibly inflamed (Nephritis) and would have shown up on the liver screening.

Raccoon Worms are pretty big and its hard to believe they would not have been noticed sooner.

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