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  1. Dupuytren Contracture: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

    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 advance. There …

  2. 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 …

  3. 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 …

  4. 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 …

  5. 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 …

  6. Understanding Dupuytren's Contracture - WebMD

    Jul 9, 2025 · Dupuytren's contracture is a condition that causes thick, tough tissue to form under the skin of the palm. The thickened, shortened tissue eventually forces some of the fingers to curl inward...

  7. 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 …

  8. 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.

  9. Dupuytren's contracture - UpToDate

    Apr 8, 2025 · Dupuytren's contracture is a relatively common disorder characterized by progressive fibrosis of the palmar fascia [1]. It is a benign, slowly progressive fibroproliferative disease of the …

  10. 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.