A 9-Year-Old Girl with Persistent Fevers and Lethargy
AbstractMorning Report is a time-honored tradition where physicians-in-training present cases to their colleagues and clinical experts to collaboratively examine an interesting patient 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 the case. This report examines the case of a 9-year-old girl who presented to the emergency department with prolonged fevers and malaise. Using questions, physical examination, and testing, an illness script for the presentation emerges. As the clinical course progresses, the differential is refined until a diagnosis is made.
Authors
- Zainab Zaib Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8617-2617)
- Monty B. Mazer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4159-8585)
- Ahmed Sajid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6849-6045)
- Farva Zaib Khan
- Kaitlin J. Murphy
- Aoun Zaib Khan
Institutions
- MetroHealth Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- NEJM Evidence
- Published
- 2026-03-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1056/evidmr2400406
- Primary Topic
- Lymphadenopathy Diagnosis and Analysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00