Dupuytren Contracture Differential Diagnoses

  • Author: Stephanie Danielle Mathew, DO; Chief Editor: Herbert S Diamond, MD   more...
 
Updated: Dec 8, 2011
 
 

Diagnostic Considerations

Dupuytren disease must be distinguished from several other conditions that affect the hand, including trigger finger, stenosing tenosynovitis, a ganglion cyst, or a soft-tissue mass. Unlike Dupuytren contracture, trigger finger typically involves pain with flexion followed by the inability to extend the affected digit.

Stenosing tenosynovitis may be distinguished from Dupuytren disease by pain and a history of overuse or trauma. A small, movable nodule that is tender to palpation at the MCP joint is likely a ganglion cyst. A soft-tissue mass must also be excluded from the diagnosis, especially if the patient is significantly younger than the typical patient with Dupuytren disease and if he or she has no other risk factors.

A patient younger than age 40 years without involvement of the dorsal hand, foot, or penis is unlikely to have Dupuytren disease; however, the possibility of a sarcoma must be ruled out—although the pathologic findings of a biopsy will most likely reveal a benign etiology (eg, lipoma, inclusion cyst).

Conditions to consider in the differential diagnosis of Dupuytren contracture include the following:

  • Diabetic cheiropathy
  • Epithelioid sarcoma
  • Fibroma
  • Giant cell tumor
  • Intrinsic joint disease
  • Lipoma
  • Neurofibroma
  • Palmar fibromatosis
  • Palmar tendinitis
  • Retinacular ganglion of the A-1 pulley
  • Tendon nodule of stenosing tenosynovitis
  • Tophi
  • Traumatic scars
  • Callus
  • Ganglion cyst
  • Prolapsed flexor tendon
  • Ulnar nerve palsy
  • Camptodactyly
  • Changes secondary to rheumatoid arthritis
  • Hyperkeratosis
  • Non-Dupuytren disease
  • Palmar ganglion

Differential Diagnoses

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Stephanie Danielle Mathew, DO  Fellow, Department of Rheumatology, San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium

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Daniel F Battafarano, DO, FACP, FACR  Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio; Associate Professor of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, F Edward Hebert School of Medicine; Chief of Rheumatology Service, San Antonio Military Medical Center

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Herbert S Diamond, MD  Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Chairman Emeritus, Department of Internal Medicine, Western Pennsylvania Hospital

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Arrow denotes the cord often present in Dupuytren contracture. Metacarpophalangeal joint and proximal interphalangeal joint contractures are also present.
Arrow denotes the typical cords of Dupuytren contracture. These cords are usually painless. Note the metacarpophalangeal joint contracture.
This photo demonstrates the presence of a nodule as well as skin blanching with extension of the affected digits.
Ultrasound of the palm in Dupuytren disease of the fourth digit; the Dupuytren nodule and thickening of the palmar fascia with puckering of the skin is noted. Green arrow: Flexor tendon; Red arrow: Dupuytren nodule; Blue arrow: Thickened palmar fascia; Yellow arrow: Puckering of the skin.
This photo shows a patient with an inability to extend the fourth and fifth digits. The differential diagnosis includes Dupuytren contracture, which is a flexion contracture most commonly involving digits 4 and/or 5.
Visible cord characteristic of Dupuytren disease with planned markings for surgical release.
Dissection of a diseased cord.
Normal anatomy of digital ligaments.
Three clinical grades of Dupuytren disease.
Parts of the palmar and digital fascia that become diseased in Dupuytren disease (left). Diseased fascia that is associated with the pretendinous cord (center). Diseased fascia that is not associated with the pretendinous cord (right).
Normal parts of the fascia that produce the spiral cord (left). The spiral cord demonstrating medial displacement of the neurovascular bundle in Dupuytren disease (right).
 
 
 
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