Risk factors include family history, alcoholism, smoking, thyroid problems, liver disease, diabetes, previous hand trauma, and epilepsy. The cause is unknown but might have a genetic component. The condition can interfere with activities such as preparing food, writing, putting your hand in a tight pocket, putting on gloves, or shaking hands. The ring finger followed by the little and middle fingers are most commonly affected. While typically not painful, some aching or itching may be present. It usually begins as small, hard nodules just under the skin of the palm, then worsens over time until the fingers can no longer be fully straightened. It is named after Guillaume Dupuytren, who first described the underlying mechanism of action, followed by the first successful operation in 1831 and publication of the results in The Lancet in 1834. Steroid injections, clostridial collagenase injections, surgery ĭupuytren's contracture (also called Dupuytren's disease, Morbus Dupuytren, Viking disease, palmar fibromatosis and Celtic hand) is a condition in which one or more fingers become progressively bent in a flexed position. One or more fingers permanently bent in a flexed position, hard nodule just under the skin of the palm įamily history, alcoholism, smoking, thyroid problems, liver disease, diabetes, epilepsy / d ə ˌ p w iː ˈ t r æ̃ z, - ˈ p w iː t r ə n z/.

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