Exam questionKROK 2Medicine ยท 2013
5.5 weeks after hypothermia a 22-year-old patient developed fever, weakness, muscle pain, inability to move independently. Objectively: tenderness, induration of shoulder and shin muscles, restricted active movements, erythema on the anterior surface of chest. There is a periorbital edema with heliotropic erythema. Gottron's sign is present. What study is required to verify the diagnosis?
Answer options
- ASO titre
- Muscle biopsy
- Rheumatoid factor
- Pneumoarthrography
- Aminotransferase activity
Correct answer
Muscle biopsy
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