Different Differentials

There's only one episode of House left.  It was a great show, though it's probably time to move on.  As we say goodbye, let's also say goodbye to all the diseases and syndromes that kept coming up on the show.  Sure, occasionally there'd be a rarity, like Mirror Syndrome or CIPA (congenital insensitivity to pain), that would be a one-off.  But a mainstay of the show were certain diagnoses they'd toss around regularly.  Here are my favorites:

sarcoidosis

Wegener's

paraneoplastic syndrome

lupus

dengue fever

scleroderma

Cushing's syndrome

heavy metal poisoning

toxoplasmosis

Wilson's disease

These rarely were the correct call--too obvious?--but as long as they fit the symptoms, House or one of his acolytes would throw it out sooner or later, on the way to figuring out the actual medical mystery.