title: Benign acute childhood myositis in an accident and emergency setting.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Accident and Emergency Medicine, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh EH9 1LF, UK. louise.rennie@kierto.com
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Rennie
authors.forename: N F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Hallam
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Beattie
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D008297:Male; D009220:Myositis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000150:complications