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Benign acute childhood myositis in an Accident and Emergency setting
  1. L M Rennie1,
  2. N F Hallam2,
  3. T F Beattie1
  1. 1Department of Accident and Emergency Medicine, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, UK
  2. 2Specialist Virology Centre, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr L Rennie
 Accident and Emergency Department, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Sciennes Road, Edinburgh EH9 1LF, UK; louise.renniekierto.com

Abstract

Four children presented to the Accident and Emergency department of the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh during seven days in February 2003. They shared a strikingly similar clinical picture with debilitating muscle pain in their calves. This paper discusses their clinical course and presents a literature review of the problem.

  • BACM, benign acute childhood myositis
  • CMV, cytomegalovirus
  • CPK, creatinine phosphokinase
  • EBV, Ebstein-Barr virus
  • ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate
  • RSV, respiratory syncitial virus
  • myositis
  • BACM

https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.2004.015131

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