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Phlegmonous-infection in first degree Dupuytren’s disease

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Dupuytren’s disease belongs to the group of so called fibromatoses and is considered to be a non infectious disease. Since first degree Dupuytren’s disease is generally not operated upon, we want to report the unexpected finding of phlegmonous-abcessing infection in nodules in Dupuytren’s disease in a 61 year old patient, who was treated surgically because of complaining painful symptoms in first degree nodules in his palm without clinically visible signs of infection.

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  1. Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, University of Erlangen, Krankenhausstrasse 12, 91054, Erlangen, Germany

    Frank Unglaub, Bernd Loos, Ulrich Kneser, Adrian Dragu & Raymund E. Horch

  2. Department of Pathology, University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

    Stephan Schwarz

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Unglaub, F., Loos, B., Schwarz, S. et al. Phlegmonous-infection in first degree Dupuytren’s disease. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 129, 445–448 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00402-008-0589-7

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