Key result
Postinfectious crural myalgia in children features severe calf pain and elevated CPK with complete recovery.
Why the study?
Acute postinfectious crural myalgia in children is a distinctive syndrome recently recognized in the United States with limited characterization.
Observational
Describes a distinctive syndrome of acute postviral crural myalgia in children characterized by severe calf pain, elevated muscle enzymes, and complete recovery.
May aid recognition of benign postviral calf myalgia in children; case report leaves open etiology and recurrence.
An outbreak of acute crural myalgia in children is reported. The severe calf pain followed an influenza-like episode, with subsequent complete recovery. Laboratory studies in most cases showed elevated creatine phosphokinase and SGOT values, with a low peripheral white blood cell count. Electromyographic studies were normal. Results of one muscle biopsy were normal. This postviral myalgia is a distinctive syndrome only recently being recognized in the United States.
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R.E. Baska (1977) conducted an observational in Acute postinfectious crural myalgia. Influenza-like episode was evaluated on Clinical and laboratory characteristics. An outbreak of acute postinfectious crural myalgia in children following an influenza-like episode was characterized by severe calf pain, elevated CPK and SGOT, and complete recovery.
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