
Dupuytren Contracture: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
Jan 23, 2023 · Dupuytren contracture is a genetic disorder that makes the tissue under the skin of your palms and fingers thicken and tighten. There’s no cure, but symptoms take months or years to …
Dupuytren contracture - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Dupuytren contracture is a condition that causes one or more fingers to bend toward the palm of the hand. The affected fingers can't straighten completely. It most often affects the two fingers farthest …
Dupuytren's contracture - Wikipedia
Dupuytren's contracture (also called Dupuytren's disease, Morbus Dupuytren, Palmar fibromatosis and historically as Viking disease or Celtic hand) is a condition in which one or more fingers become …
Dupuytren's Disease - OrthoInfo - AAOS
Dupuytren's disease is a condition that affects the palmar fascia — the fibrous layer of tissue that lies underneath the skin and above the tendons, nerves, blood vessels, and bones in the palm and …
Dupuytren's Disease - Hand - Orthobullets
Dupuytren's Disease is a benign proliferative disorder characterized by decreased hand function that begins as a painless nodule and can progress to form diseased cords and contractures of the palm …
Dupuytren's Contracture - Johns Hopkins Medicine
Dupuytren contracture (also called Dupuytren disease) is an abnormal thickening of the skin in the palm of your hand at the base of your fingers. This thickened area may develop into a hard lump or thick …
Dupuytren's Contracture: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment - WebMD
Nov 4, 2022 · What Is Dupuytren’s Disease? Dupuytren's disease, also called Dupuytren’s contracture, is an abnormal thickening and tightening of the normally loose and flexible tissue beneath the...
Dupuytren contracture - Penn Medicine
Apr 24, 2023 · Definition Dupuytren contracture is a painless thickening and tightening (contracture) of tissue beneath the skin on the palm and fingers.
Dupuytren’s Contracture Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments - UPMC
Feb 28, 2025 · Dupuytren’s contracture occurs when the tissue beneath the skin on your palm and fingers becomes thick and tight. This thickening causes your fingers to bend toward your palm and …
Dupuytren Contracture - Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue …
Dupuytren contracture is progressive contracture of the palmar fascial bands, causing flexion deformities of the fingers. Treatment is with corticosteroid injection, surgery, or injections of clostridial collagenase.