title: [Acute rhabdomyolysis disclosing polymyositis in children].
abstract: Traumatic and non-traumatic rhabdomyolysis have been mostly reported in adults. Polymyositis rarely leads to rhabdomyolysis.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a 13-year-old girl with rhabdomyolysis. Full recovery was observed after symptomatic treatment. Nine months later she developed polymyositis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Long-term follow-up is necessary for rhabdomyolysis, even in those cases with an isolated occurrence caused by viral infection.
authors.affiliation: Service de pédiatrie, hôpital Farhat-Hached, Sousse, Tunisie.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tabarki
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Thabet
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Selmi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yacoub
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mokni
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Korbi
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Essoussi
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017285:Polymyositis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012206:Rhabdomyolysis / Q000209:etiology*
vernacular_title: Rhabdomyolyse aiguë révélatrice d'une polymyosite chez l'enfant.