Benign acute childhood myositis complicating influenza B infection in a boy with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome

Introduction Benign acute childhood myositis (BACM) is an acute complication of an infection characterized by calf pain, limitation of lower limb mobility, an increase in serum creatine kinase, and a self-limiting course. No reports of BACM in children with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS) can be found in the literature.