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Clinical features, laboratory findings and differential diagnosis of benign acute childhood myositis
Author(s) -
Zafeiriou DI,
Katzos G,
Gombakis N,
Kontopoulos EE,
Tsantali C
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2000.tb02783.x
Subject(s) - medicine , abnormality , myositis , creatine kinase , differential diagnosis , pediatrics , pathology , psychiatry
We report clinical and laboratory data from 32 children with benign acute childhood myositis (BACM), children who presented with calf tenderness and gait abnormality. Laboratory evidence of a viral infection was evident in 23 patients, while serum creatine phosphokinase was uniformly increased (558 to 6800 U/L). Twenty‐five patients (78.1%) were given a diagnosis other than BACM by their general practitioner or paediatrician. All patients made a rapid recovery within one week. We conclude that BACM should be encountered among the main causes of sudden‐onset gait abnormality in young children.