A 50-year-old woman complained of proximal muscle pain and weakness of all four extremities, problems with reading, and dysphagia
Creatine kinase levels were elevated in blood, and the muscle biopsy revealed lymphocytic infiltrates with muscle cell necrosis. The most likely diagnosis is
A. sarcoidosis
B. inclusion body myositis
C. polymyositis
D. myotonic dystrophy
E. mitochondrial myopathy
C
The clinical features (proximal muscle pain and weakness), elevation of creatine kinase levels, and inflammation seen in muscle biopsy are typical of polymyositis.
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