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- Title
Palmar-Plantar Fibromatosis and Knuckle Pads Associated with Alcohol Consumption.
- Authors
Gafuroğlu, Tuba Ümit; Taşdelen, Özlem Yılmaz; Eser, Filiz; Düzgün, Serdar; Kadan, Elçin; Duran, Semra; Özkurt, Bülent
- Abstract
Fibromatosis is a benign, locally proliferative disorder of fibroblast. Palmar fibromatosis (Dupuytren disease) is the most common type of the superficial fibromatosis however plantar fibromatosis, or Ledderhose disease is rare. Coexisting conditions include knuckle pads, Peyronie disease, diabetes mellitus, alcoholism, liver disease and epilepsy. Herein, we present a heavy alcohol drinker patient with nodules in his left foot sole and over dorsal aspects of the proximal interphalangeal joints of his hands. He was diagnosed with palmar-plantar fibromatosis and knuckle pads.
- Subjects
DUPUYTREN'S contracture; FIBROMAS; ALCOHOL drinking; FOOT; HISTOLOGY; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Sciences, 2016, Vol 19, Issue 1, p50
- ISSN
1309-3843
- Publication type
Article