Benign Acute Childhood Myositis: Our Experience on Clinical Evaluation.

BACM shows to have in most of the cases a favorable evolution, a spontaneous remission of symptoms, and a good prognosis. However, the disorder generates parental distress for the acute presentation and the striking muscle dysfunction. It is worthy a rapid and early diagnosis to avoid unnecessary diagnostic investigations and a careful follow-up necessary to exclude persistence of symptoms or creatine kinase elevation.