David Feigenbaum began sneaking off to empty hospital rooms for naps during his third year of medical school, while making rounds and reviewing patients’ charts. He wasn’t doing it because he was exhausted—the former Georgetown University quarterback was so obsessed with the game that he went by the nickname The Beast. Now he felt too weak to explain his puzzling symptoms. After he was rushed to the emergency room, doctors quickly determined that his major organs were failing, but they had no idea why. David would teeter on the edge of death until tests revealed he had an “orphan disease/rare condition” called idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease. Unlike ALS or cystic fibrosis, however, few doctors had heard of the disease, let alone knew how to treat it.
戴维·费根鲍姆在他读医学院三年级参加巡诊和检查病人的病历时候，开始常常偷偷溜到空荡荡的医院房间里小睡。他这样做并不是因为累得精疲力竭——他曾在乔治敦大学担任足球四分卫，着迷于足球运动，绰号叫野兽。现在，他感到太虚弱，无法解释自己令人费解的症状。他被送到急诊室之后，医生很快确诊：他的主要器官正在衰竭，但无从知道原因。在测试显示他患有“孤儿疾病/罕见疾病”——特发性多中心型卡斯尔曼病之前，戴维会走在死亡边缘来回游荡。然而，与肌萎缩性侧索硬化症ALS或囊胞性纤维症不同，很少有医生听说过这种疾病，更不用说知道如何
戴维·费根鲍姆在他读医学院三年级参加巡诊和检查病人的病历时候，开始常常偷偷溜到空荡荡的医院房间里小睡。他这样做并不是因为累得精疲力竭——他曾在乔治敦大学担任足球四分卫，着迷于足球运动，绰号叫野兽。现在，他感到太虚弱，无法解释自己令人费解的症状。他被送到急诊室之后，医生很快确诊：他的主要器官正在衰竭，但无从知道原因。在测试显示他患有“孤儿疾病/罕见疾病”——特发性多中心型卡斯尔曼病之前，戴维会走在死亡边缘来回游荡。然而，与肌萎缩性侧索硬化症ALS或囊胞性纤维症不同，很少有医生听说过这种疾病，更不用说知道如何
