Dupuytren's contracture

Question 1

genetic inheritence

Answer 1

autosomal dominant

affects six times more men than women. variable penetrance

Question 2

pathophysiology of dupuytren’s contracture

Answer 2

a benign, progressive fibroproliferative disorder. the skin of the palm underneath the fingers becomes thickened, followed by the formation of a small, firm nodules the palm which is fixed to the skin and it spreads to the fascia forming a cord. as the cord matures it becomes thicker and shorter causing forward flexion of the digit

can be uni/bilateral

Question 3

management of dupuytren’s contracture

Answer 3

fasiotomy

fasciectomy

Question 4

fibroproliferative disorders

Answer 4

duputryen’s disease belongs to a group of fibroproliferative disorders

symptoms can overlap with penile fibrzomatosis and plantar fibrzomatosis