Dupuytren’s Disease in a Young Man of Sudanese Origin

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Jill Arrowsmith Julia Blackburn

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Julia Blackburn
Pulvertaft Hand Centre, Royal Derby Hospital, UK

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Background: Dupuytren’s disease (DD) may be more common in patients of African descent than previously thought. Case Presentation: A 27-years-old gentleman of Sudanese origin presented with a 3-months history of a painful swelling in his right palm. An MRI scan showed no signs of malignancy, and an excision biopsy showed no signs of infection, including tuberculosis. Histology showed superficial fibromatosis or Dupuytren’s disease. Conclusion: Our patient is very young to have developed DD, but studies of patients of African descent have not considered recurrence rate. It would be useful to investigate if the risk factors for recurrence are the same as those in patients of European descent, to be able to counsel them appropriately for surgery. Furthermore, there are no studies of the genetic variation underlying DD in an African population, to see if the genetic predisposing factors are the same as those identified in patients of European descent.

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Case Report

Publication history

Received: Tue 26, May 2020
Accepted: Wed 10, Jun 2020
Published: Thu 25, Jun 2020

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© 2023 Julia Blackburn. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.GSCR.2020.01.02