In pathology, a contracture is a shortening of muscles, tendons, skin, and nearby soft tissues that causes the joints to shorten and become very stiff...
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Dupuytren's contracture (also called Dupuytren's disease, Morbus Dupuytren, Viking disease, palmar fibromatosis and Celtic hand) is a condition in which...
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Muscle contractures can occur for many reasons, such as paralysis, muscular atrophy, and forms of muscular dystrophy. Fundamentally, the muscle and its...
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Capsular contracture is a response of the immune system to foreign materials in the human body. Medically, it occurs mostly in context of the complications...
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Volkmann's contracture is a permanent flexion contracture of the hand at the wrist, resulting in a claw-like deformity of the hand and fingers. Passive...
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Stone heart syndrome (redirect from Ischemic myocardial contracture)
The stone heart syndrome (or Ischemic myocardial contracture) is a Global ischemic contracture of the heart, leading to a firm myocardium and loss of...
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Burn scar contracture is the tightening of the skin after a second or third degree burn. When skin is burned, the surrounding skin begins to pull together...
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Wound contracture is a process that may occur during wound healing when an excess of wound contraction, a normal healing process, leads to physical deformity...
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Arthrogryposis (redirect from Congenital contracture)
Arthrogryposis (AMC) describes congenital joint contracture in two or more areas of the body. It derives its name from Greek, literally meaning 'curving...
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Breast implant (section Capsular contracture)
treatments for the complications of indwelling breast implants—capsular contracture and capsular rupture—are periodic MRI monitoring and physical examinations...
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orthopaedic surgeon, Hugh Owen Thomas (1834–1891), to rule out hip flexion contracture (fixed partial flexion of the hip) and psoas syndrome (injury to the...
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Lethal congenital contracture syndrome 1 (LCCS1), also called Multiple contracture syndrome, Finnish type, is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder characterized...
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Breast augmentation (section Capsular contracture)
"intact device's shell. The consequences, plus increased rates of capsular contracture, precipitated faulty product class action-lawsuits by the U.S. government...
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hemorrhoids he is best known today for his description of Dupuytren's contracture, which is named after him and on which he first operated in 1831 and...
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inherited as an X-linked recessive trait. The condition is characterized by contracture of the lower joints, muscle atrophy, impaired facial muscles, mental...
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Fibromatosis Dupuytren's contracture Plantar fasciitis List of cutaneous conditions "OMIM Entry - % 126900 - DUPUYTREN CONTRACTURE". www.omim.org. Archived...
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Volkmann. Untreated, acute compartment syndrome can result in Volkmann's contracture. Compartment syndrome usually presents within a few hours of an inciting...
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Arapov's sign (contracture) is a pain reflex contraction of the right hip joint in appendicitis. Augustin, Goran (12 May 2014). Acute Abdomen During Pregnancy...
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with tendon contractures, myopathy and pulmonary fibrosis is a rare genetic syndrome characterised by poikiloderma, tendon contractures and progressive...
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Fasciitis: Plantar Nodular Necrotizing Eosinophilic Fibromatosis/contracture Dupuytren's contracture Plantar fibromatosis Aggressive fibromatosis Knuckle pads...
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a powder-and-solvent injection kit for the treatment of Dupuytren's contracture, a condition where the fingers bend towards the palm and cannot be fully...
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Fasciitis: Plantar Nodular Necrotizing Eosinophilic Fibromatosis/contracture Dupuytren's contracture Plantar fibromatosis Aggressive fibromatosis Knuckle pads...
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compartment syndrome which leads to long-term complication of Volkmann's contracture (fixed flexion of the elbow, pronation of the forearm, flexion at the...
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syndrome Chronic traumatic encephalopathy Compartment syndrome Contracture Volkmann's contracture Crush syndrome Rhabdomyolysis Embolism air fat Post-traumatic...
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Ulnar claw (section Dupuytren's contracture)
clawing. Dupuytren's contracture is a deformity of the hand due to thickening and fibrosis of the palmar aponeurosis and eventual contracture of the 4th and...
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offered protection in many cases. The sometimes extensive burn scar contracture is not unusual, being common to all second- and third-degree burns when...
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difficulties, and arthrogryposis (a muscle disorder that causes multiple joint contractures at birth). Some physical malformations associated with Edwards' syndrome...
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Bruck syndrome (redirect from Osteogenesis imperfecta congenital joint contractures)
autosomal recessive inheritance. Bruck syndrome has features of congenital contractures, bone fragility, recurring bone fractures, flexion joint and limb deformities...
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Urban–Rogers–Meyer syndrome (redirect from Prader-Willi habitus-osteoporosis-hand contractures syndrome)
is characterized by genital anomalies, mental retardation, obesity, contractures of fingers, and osteoporosis, though further complications are known...
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Moderate extension lag, passively correctable Mild flexion contracture Advanced flexion contracture Higher numbers indicate a more severe problem and greater...
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