A 29-Year-Old Woman with Jaundice.

Abstract

AbstractMorning Report is a time-honored tradition in which physicians-in-training present cases to their colleagues and clinical experts to collaboratively explore a patient's presentation. The Morning Report section seeks to carry on this tradition by presenting a patient's chief concern and story, inviting the reader to develop a differential diagnosis and discover the diagnosis alongside the authors of this case. This report examines the story of a 29-year-old woman who presented to the emergency department with jaundice and oral mucosal bleeding, 2 days after delivering an infant at home at 36 weeks and 2 days of gestation. Using targeted questions, history-taking, physical examination, and diagnostic testing, an illness script emerges. As the case unfolds, the differential diagnosis is refined until a final diagnosis is reached.