What is Dupuytren's contracture?
[[File:Morbus dupuytren 1 (fcm).jpg|right|thumb|200px|Dupuytren's contracture of the ring finger]] '''Dupuytren'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 permanently bent in a flexed position.<ref name=GHR2016>{{cite web| title= Dupuytren contracture|url=https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/dupuytren-contracture|website=Genetics Home Reference | publisher= [[National Library of Health]], [[National Institutes of Health]]| place= US |access-date=3 June 2017|date=September 2016| language= en| url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170513062102/https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/dupuytren-contracture| archive-date=13 May 2017}}</ref> It is named after [[Guillaume Dupuytren]]. It usually begins as small, hard [[nodule (medicine)|nodule]]s just under the skin of the palm. ==References== {{reflist}} {{medicine-stub}} [[Category:Medical emergencies]]