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Dupuytren's contracture
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English
Etymology
Named after Baron Guillaume Dupuytren, the surgeon who described a corrective operation for the affliction in the Lancet in 1831.
Pronunciation
en /dəˈpwiːˌtɹɒnz kənˈtɹæktʃɚ/ /dəˈpwiːtɹənz kənˈtɹæktʃɚ/ GA
Noun
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A fixed flexion contracture of the hand where the fingers bend towards the palm and cannot be fully extended (straightened). It is an inherited proliferative connective tissue disorder which involves the palmar fascia of the hand.
en Dupuytren's disease morbus Dupuytren palmar fibromatosis Viking disease
en fibromatosis
Translations
Dupuytren's contracture
Finnish: fi kämmenen kalvokutistuma
French: fr maladie de Dupuytren f, fr contracture de Dupuytren f
en Genetic disorders
en eponyms