What is Dupuytren's contracture?
What is Dupuytren's contracture?
- Dupuytren's contracture: A condition where the layer of connective tissue under the skin of the palm of the hand thickens and shrinks which can cause the fingers to bend in to the palms. The bent fingers are usually unable to be fully straightened.
- Dupuytren's contracture: A fibromatosis of the palmar fascia characterized by thickening and contracture of the fibrous bands on the palmar surfaces of the hand and fingers. It arises most commonly in men between the ages of 30 and 50.
Source - Diseases Database
Dupuytren's contracture is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Dupuytren's contracture, or a subtype of Dupuytren's contracture,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Dupuytren's contracture: Introduction
Types of Dupuytren's contracture:
Broader types of Dupuytren's contracture:
Who gets Dupuytren's contracture?
Patient Profile for Dupuytren's contracture: Usually men over 40
Gender Profile for Dupuytren's contracture: Mostly men
How serious is Dupuytren's contracture?
Complications of Dupuytren's contracture:
see complications of Dupuytren's contracture
What causes Dupuytren's contracture?
Causes of Dupuytren's contracture: see causes of Dupuytren's contracture
Risk factors for Dupuytren's contracture:
see
risk factors for Dupuytren's contracture
What are the symptoms of Dupuytren's contracture?
Symptoms of Dupuytren's contracture:
see symptoms of Dupuytren's contracture
Complications of Dupuytren's contracture:
see complications of Dupuytren's contracture
Dupuytren's contracture: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Dupuytren's contracture.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Dupuytren's contracture.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Dupuytren's contracture:
see treatments for Dupuytren's contracture
Research for Dupuytren's contracture:
see research for Dupuytren's contracture
Organs Affected by Dupuytren's contracture:
Organs and body systems related to Dupuytren's contracture include:
Name and Aliases of Dupuytren's contracture
Main name of condition: Dupuytren's contracture
Other names or spellings for Dupuytren's contracture:
Dupuytren's disease, Dupuytren contracture
Palmar fascial fibromatosis, Palmar fibromatosis
Source - Diseases Database
Dupuytren contracture, Dupuytren's disease
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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