Abstract :
Three migrant children residing in the same locality presented to our paediatric OPD on the same day in June, 2016 with fever, cough and cold, followed by severe pain in the lower limbs; unable to take weight and stand. The pain was acute in onset in all children, falling in the age group of 5 to 7 years. There was no apparent neurological deficit – sensory nor motor. Tone and power in both limbs were essentially normal. All of them had normal haemoglobin, WBC and platelet counts. However, their muscle and liver enzymes were typically raised in all, normalizing within a week. Nerve conduction studies were normal. We report a series of cases clinically suggestive of acute benign childhood myositis (Viral), occurring in a cluster in the sub-urbs of Navi Mumbai, among migrant children who apparently had poor immunity against the disease, possibly been recently introduced in the region.
Keyword :
Benign acute childhood myositis, hypertransaminasemia, Raised CPK, Viral myositis