EPISODE

6. Spin

When a famous professional cyclist is brought in after collapsing during a race, House doesn't want to treat him because he thinks he's lying about doing drugs. But when the patient is forthcoming about taking all sorts of performance enhancers and blood-doping drugs, House is definitely intrigued.

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A famous cyclist ( Kristoffer Polaha ) is brought to Princeton-Plainsboro after collapsing during a race. He is surprisingly honest about several illegal medications and techniques he applies to himself, but his sickness is not caused by any of these. House attends and is kicked out of a group therapy session after aggravating Mark. Stacy tells House that she has been seeing a therapist herself in light of supporting Mark during his disability. House breaks into her therapist’s office to photocopy notes from Stacy’s sessions. Final diagnosis: Air embolism and pure red cell aplasia secondary to a thymoma from myasthenia gravis

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