Benign Acute Childhood Myositis: Our Experience on Clinical Evaluation.
Silvia D'AmicoGloria GangiMassimo BarbagalloToni PalermoMaria Carla FinocchiaroAntonella DistefanoRaffaele FalsaperlaSilvia MarinoFilippo GrecoPierluigi SmilariPavone PieroPublished in: Neuropediatrics (2022)
BACM shows to have in most of the cases a favorable evolution, a spontaneous remission of symptoms, and a good prognosis. However, the disorder generates parental distress for the acute presentation and the striking muscle dysfunction. It is worthy a rapid and early diagnosis to avoid unnecessary diagnostic investigations and a careful follow-up necessary to exclude persistence of symptoms or creatine kinase elevation.
Keyphrases
- liver failure
- clinical evaluation
- respiratory failure
- drug induced
- aortic dissection
- skeletal muscle
- sleep quality
- oxidative stress
- hepatitis b virus
- interstitial lung disease
- disease activity
- rheumatoid arthritis
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- intensive care unit
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- depressive symptoms
- young adults
- myasthenia gravis