Metastatic bone disease is a serious condition in which cancer has migrated from another part of the body, such as the lung, breast, prostate, thyroid, or kidney into one or more bones of the skeleton. Metastatic bone disease is not the same as cancer that originates in the bone, such as sarcoma.
In this article. Dupuytrenâs contracture, also known as Dupuytrenâs disease, is a hand deformity that causes the tissue beneath the surface of the hand to thicken and contract. Evidence of Dupuytrenâs usually begins with a thickening of the palm.
Causes. A condition in which the hand is deformed by diseased palmar tissue, Dupuytrenâs disease causes the fingers to bend towards the palm. In the early stages, a person with this disease may find a small nodule in the palm, usually found where the ring finger and small finger meet.