A rare presentation of benign acute childhood myositis

Benign acute childhood myositis is a self‐limiting muscle disorder characterized by calf pain with an isolated finding of elevated serum creatine kinase, being preceded by an influenza‐like illness. The classic clinical and laboratory features may allow for a correct diagnosis. This report describes...

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Autores principales: Chu, Eric Chun‐Pu, Yip, Andrew Siu‐Leung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6406135/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30899472
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2001
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description Benign acute childhood myositis is a self‐limiting muscle disorder characterized by calf pain with an isolated finding of elevated serum creatine kinase, being preceded by an influenza‐like illness. The classic clinical and laboratory features may allow for a correct diagnosis. This report describes some accompanying symptoms which are not usually perceived. An incorrect diagnosis could lead to unnecessary treatments.
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spelling pubmed-64061352019-03-21 A rare presentation of benign acute childhood myositis Chu, Eric Chun‐Pu Yip, Andrew Siu‐Leung Clin Case Rep Case Reports Benign acute childhood myositis is a self‐limiting muscle disorder characterized by calf pain with an isolated finding of elevated serum creatine kinase, being preceded by an influenza‐like illness. The classic clinical and laboratory features may allow for a correct diagnosis. This report describes some accompanying symptoms which are not usually perceived. An incorrect diagnosis could lead to unnecessary treatments. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019-01-29 /pmc/articles/PMC6406135/ /pubmed/30899472 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2001 Text en © 2019 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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