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.
Synonym(s): diploic vein. Dupuytren contracture-a disease of the palmar fascia resulting in thickening and shortening of fibrous bands on the palmar surface of the hand and fingers. Dupuytren diathesis. Dupuytren disease of the foot-nodular fibroblastic proliferation in plantar fascia of one or both feet.Synonym(s): plantar fibromatosis. Dupuytren enterotome. Dupuytren exostosis. Dupuytren fascia-the thickened, central portion of the fascia ensheathing the hand.upuytren disease of the foot-nodular fibroblastic proliferation in plantar fascia of one or both feet. Synonym(s): plantar fibromatosis. Dupuytren enterotome. Dupuytren exostosis. Dupuytren fascia-the thickened, central portion of the fascia ensheathing the hand.