Dupuytren’s contracture

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219 Dupuytren’s contracture

Instruction

Look at this patient’s hands.

Salient features

History

• Family history (there is a genetic predisposition)

• Cigarette smoking (J Bone Joint Surg 1997;79B:206–10)

• Alcohol intake (Arch Intern Med 1977;129:561–6)

• Chronic antiepileptic medications

• Systemic conditions: cirrhosis, diabetes, TB, epilepsy.

Examination

• Thickening of the palmar fascia, particularly along the medial aspect (feel for thickening before you comment on it).

• In almost all cases, the fourth finger is affected with associated involvement of fifth, third and second fingers in decreasing order of frequency (Fig. 219.1).

• Perform the Hueston tabletop test: if the patient is unable to lay his or her palm flat on a tabletop, the test is positive.

• Tell the examiner that you would like to:

• check the feet for contracture of the plantar fascia (Fig. 219.2)
• look for signs of alcoholism and cirrhosis.
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Fig. 219.1 Duputryen’s contracture.

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Fig. 219.2 Ectopic deposits. (A) Bilateral medial plantar and medial great toe involvement. (B) Right foot involvement.

(With permission from Canale, Beaty 2007.)

Diagnosis

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