Benign Acute Childhood Myositis: Perplexing Complication after Acute Viral Pharyngitis.
- Author:
Sung Won CHOI
1
;
Hoon KO
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Myositis; Respiratory Tract Infections; Mobility Limitation; Differential Diagnosis
- MeSH: Child; Child, Preschool; Diagnosis, Differential; Humans; Male; Mobility Limitation; Myositis*; Parents; Pharyngitis*; Prognosis; Respiratory Tract Infections; Walking
- From:Korean Journal of Family Medicine 2018;39(6):375-378
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Benign acute childhood myositis (BACM) is a rare transient condition that occurs in children during the early convalescent phase of a viral upper respiratory infection. BACM is self-limiting and characterized by sudden-onset bilateral calf pain that leads to difficulty in walking. We report a case of a 5-year-old boy with BACM who presented with acute-onset bilateral calf pain after a resolved episode of viral pharyngitis and subsequently refused to walk. With conservative treatment, the patient recovered completely after approximately 1 week. Although perplexing and challenging for clinicians unfamiliar with BACM, awareness of this rare clinical condition is essential to preventing unnecessary investigations and reassuring the patient and parents of its excellent prognosis.
