Comments on: House — Episode 18 (Season 5): “Here Kitty”

By: Virginia

Virginia — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 04:12:56 +0000

Are there really dogs who can smell cancer?

By: Zabriskie

Zabriskie — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:57:45 +0000

Actually, i liked this episode.
My poor mother was killed by a cancer. And her cat, so tenderness, has disappared just one week before her death…

By: bikuki

bikuki — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 17:51:58 +0000

I have to say that one small touch I really liked in this episode was the accuracy of Taub’s reference to his glove size (however it does mean his hands are smaller than mine, despite myself being very much a FEMALE surgeon). Poor Taub.

By: RF

RF — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:31:50 +0000

I thought they did an MRI of her abdomen when they were looking for the adrenal tumor. It should have seen the carcinoid tumor on the appendix.

Strep bovis was used to explain the brown urine and is associated with colon cancer. But the cancer they found was carcinoid, not colon cancer, which are two different entities.

By: G

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:52:18 +0000

A fictional show based on medicine is similar in a lot of ways to a fictional show based on history. The Tudors is not a documentary.

By: Akasha867

Akasha867 — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:37:36 +0000

Dr. House is a fiction,doesn´t need to be real, i saw a series called the Tudors about Henry the VIII, the king of england who had many wives (and cut some neck lol) in the story is sister married a portuguese king, well it never happend (not commenting on the view of the portuguese kingdom was awfull) but as it is fiction i can´t say anyhing ;)

By: Pierre

Pierre — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:25:41 +0000

I agree with F. Carcinoid tumor of the appendix need a hepatic metastasis to be symptomatic!

By: F

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:44:32 +0000

Hello, if anyone ever makes it down this low, trust me it was worth it.
Well the physician who writes this review, all the bloggers missed the most important medical inconsistency here. Carcinoid tumor of the appendix never causes flushing/heat or carcinoid syndrome, because the liver metabolizes the seretonin before it can have an effect due to the portal circulation!!

By: tarik

tarik — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:55:09 +0000

This episode resemble the “Deception (Season 2 Episode 9)” where house deals with a woman with Munchausen’s Syndrome. Episodes has become boring since season 4. Foreman, Chase, Cameron, Wilson and Cuddy are in the background.

By: kaekae

kaekae — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:55:30 +0000

What I thought was funny was that when they said what mixes with green to make brown. . . purple. Actually, the simple answer is red or magenta since they are opposite green on the color wheels. I am sure Green, Purple will make a brown (esp. when mixed with yellow) – but it isn’t usually the answer you automatically think of.
Side Note: I couldn’t figure out what Kutner said when he said “yeah. . . a cat” until reading the comments. Eew. Two things wrong with that – none of them have owned a cat, or they wouldn’t mistake human for it. and 2 aren’t doctors trained to avoid bodily fluids?? actually 3, there is a big old glass wall there looking into the hallway – kinda hard to be discreet.
and again EEW