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Simple diagnosis of benign acute childhood myositis: Lessons from a case report
Acute muscle pain and walking difficulty are symptoms compatible with both benign and severe degenerative diseases. As a consequence, in some cases invasive tests and hospitalizations are improperly scheduled. We report the case of a 7-year-old child suffering from acute calf pain and abnormal gait...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4302556/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25624939 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.147595 |
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author | Terlizzi, Vito Improta, Federica Raia, Valeria |
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description | Acute muscle pain and walking difficulty are symptoms compatible with both benign and severe degenerative diseases. As a consequence, in some cases invasive tests and hospitalizations are improperly scheduled. We report the case of a 7-year-old child suffering from acute calf pain and abnormal gait following flu-like symptoms. A review of the literature will be helpful to better define differential diagnosis in cases of muscle pain in children. Daily physical examination and urine dipstick are sufficient to confirm the diagnosis of benign acute childhood myositis (BACM) during the acute phase, to promptly detect severe complications and to rule out degenerative diseases. Children with BACM do not require hospitalization, medical interventions or long-term follow-up. |
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spelling | pubmed-43025562015-01-26 Simple diagnosis of benign acute childhood myositis: Lessons from a case report Terlizzi, Vito Improta, Federica Raia, Valeria J Pediatr Neurosci Case Report Acute muscle pain and walking difficulty are symptoms compatible with both benign and severe degenerative diseases. As a consequence, in some cases invasive tests and hospitalizations are improperly scheduled. We report the case of a 7-year-old child suffering from acute calf pain and abnormal gait following flu-like symptoms. A review of the literature will be helpful to better define differential diagnosis in cases of muscle pain in children. Daily physical examination and urine dipstick are sufficient to confirm the diagnosis of benign acute childhood myositis (BACM) during the acute phase, to promptly detect severe complications and to rule out degenerative diseases. Children with BACM do not require hospitalization, medical interventions or long-term follow-up. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4302556/ /pubmed/25624939 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.147595 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Terlizzi, Vito Improta, Federica Raia, Valeria Simple diagnosis of benign acute childhood myositis: Lessons from a case report |
title | Simple diagnosis of benign acute childhood myositis: Lessons from a case report |
title_full | Simple diagnosis of benign acute childhood myositis: Lessons from a case report |
title_fullStr | Simple diagnosis of benign acute childhood myositis: Lessons from a case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Simple diagnosis of benign acute childhood myositis: Lessons from a case report |
title_short | Simple diagnosis of benign acute childhood myositis: Lessons from a case report |
title_sort | simple diagnosis of benign acute childhood myositis: lessons from a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4302556/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25624939 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.147595 |
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