Management and outcome of benign acute childhood myositis in pediatric emergency department

• Main Authors: Giacomo Brisca (Author), Marcello Mariani (Author), Daniela Pirlo (Author), Marta Romanengo (Author), Angela Pistorio (Author), Alberto Gaiero (Author), Chiara Panicucci (Author), Emanuela Piccotti (Author), Claudio Bruno (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Benign acute childhood myositis (BACM) is a self-limited syndrome associated with viral infections characterized by symmetric lower extremity pain typically affecting school-aged children. Evolution in rhabdomyolysis and kidney damage is rarely reported. Despite this, the acute p...