Autopsy (House)
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| House episode | |
| "Autopsy" | |
| Episode no. | HOU-202 |
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| Airdate | September 20, 2005 |
| Writer(s) | Lawrence Kaplow |
| Director(s) | Deran Sarafian |
| Guest star(s) | Sasha Pieterse as Andie |
| All House episodes | |
Autopsy is the second episode of the second season of House, which premiered on the FOX network on September 20, 2005. House and team struggle to diagnose a young girl whose cancer is not causing her more immediate symptoms.
[edit] Plot
House and his team struggle to find the cause of hallucinations that Andie is seeing. She is a 9-year old girl with terminal cancer (alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma), but tests reveal that her cancer is in remission, meaning that the hallucinations are unrelated to her cancer. Meanwhile House questions Andie's motives for her bravery.
House discovers a cancer around her heart, which is surgically removed, which does not account for the hallucinations. House deducts that there must be a clot which the cancer deployed prior to removal. He suggests a form of autopsy to discover the clot, which does not show an an angiography. Cooling her body temperature down to 21 deg Celsius will make her clinically dead, them remove 2-3 liters of blood and discovering the clot when the blood is brought back in. The blood removal and temperature can not be held for more than 60 seconds before she suffers permanent damage. Wilson calls it a "lottery shot", but after performing and Foreman finding the clot will give her an additional year to live.
When House is toking up on his powdered antihistamines, Wilson comes and confronts House about the placement of the blood clot. House concedes he was wrong about Andie's bravery being a symptom of her clot, but replies to Wilson saying the girl is dead anyway, Wilson states that Andie will probably outlive him. When Andie is leaving House refuses to hug her or kiss her like everyone else in the staff, but she hugs him anyway. As House is leaving the hospital he stands and admires some motorcycles. The salesman convinces him to take one out for a test ride.
The aria Nessun Dorma is also featured in this episode.
[edit] External links
- FOX.com-House official site
- Television Without Pity-House recaps
- House Episode Guide at epguides.com
- TVGuide's Page: Full list of House Episodes
- House M.D. Guide
- "House M.D." IMDB Profile
- Medical Reviews of House: Autopsy
- Interpretation of the music in the episode "Autopsy"
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