Miositis aguda postinfecciosa.

A seven year old patient in described with acute focal myositis, following an influenza-like infection, involving exclusively the gastroenemius and soleus muscles. The patient improved only with bed rest and symptomatic treatment and made a full recovery in three days. Laboratory studies showed a no...

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Main Author: Carlos Tori Tori
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia 1995-04-01
Series:Revista Médica Herediana
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1018-130X1995000300005&lng=en&tlng=en
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description A seven year old patient in described with acute focal myositis, following an influenza-like infection, involving exclusively the gastroenemius and soleus muscles. The patient improved only with bed rest and symptomatic treatment and made a full recovery in three days. Laboratory studies showed a normal white blood count with an increase in the band forms, elevated SGOT, DHL, and CPK, all of which returned to normal after one week. The patient remains asymptomatic one month after his discharge.
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spelling doaj.art-3dc7cb90986d4fb98661d6ef21ef4fd22022-12-21T23:12:15ZspaUniversidad Peruana Cayetano HerediaRevista Médica Herediana1729-214X1995-04-0163131133S1018-130X1995000300005Miositis aguda postinfecciosa.Carlos Tori Tori0Universidad Peruana Cayetano HerediaA seven year old patient in described with acute focal myositis, following an influenza-like infection, involving exclusively the gastroenemius and soleus muscles. The patient improved only with bed rest and symptomatic treatment and made a full recovery in three days. Laboratory studies showed a normal white blood count with an increase in the band forms, elevated SGOT, DHL, and CPK, all of which returned to normal after one week. The patient remains asymptomatic one month after his discharge.http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1018-130X1995000300005&lng=en&tlng=enAcute post-infection myositismyositis
spellingShingle Carlos Tori Tori
Miositis aguda postinfecciosa.
Revista Médica Herediana
Acute post-infection myositis
myositis
title Miositis aguda postinfecciosa.
title_full Miositis aguda postinfecciosa.
title_fullStr Miositis aguda postinfecciosa.
title_full_unstemmed Miositis aguda postinfecciosa.
title_short Miositis aguda postinfecciosa.
title_sort miositis aguda postinfecciosa
topic Acute post-infection myositis
myositis
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