title: Dupuytren's contracture
text: Dupuytren's contracture (also called Dupuytren's disease, Morbus Dupuytren, Viking disease, palmar fibromatosis and Celtic hand) is a condition in which one or more fingers become permanently bent in a flexed position. It is named after Guillaume Dupuytren. It usually begins as small, hard nodules just under the skin of the palm.
  
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