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A 48-year-old male presented himself in my office with painful dorsal nodules on his fingers in association with a recurrent Dupuytren’s contracture of his small finger of his right dominant hand. Prior, he underwent surgery with open selective fasciectomy 4 years ago for his right small finger due to Dupuytren’s contracture. However, Dupuytren’s contracture recurred within 18 months following conventional open surgery as limited fasciectomy. He had a positive family history for Dupuytren’s contracture. Regarding knuckle pads in his family history, the patient was not quite sure about.
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Knobloch, K. (2016). Knuckle Pads (Garrod’s Nodules) of the Fingers: Painful Dorsal Nodules on the PIP Joints of the Fingers and Concomitant Recurrent Dupuytren’s Contracture. In: Rizzo, M. (eds) Dupuytren’s Contracture. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23841-8_15
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