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Dupuytren's disease

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Dupuytren's disease (described by the surgeon Guillame Dupuytren in 1833) is the thickening of the fascia of palms and fingers (from fibroblast proliferation) resulting in nodules, cords and contractures (1).

It is more common in males than in females and is said to be found in 10% of all men over the age of 60 years.

The principal importance of Dupuytren's disease is the tendency to develop develop progressive digital flexion contracture or Dupuytren's contracture (2).

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