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Dupuytren’s disease occurs too frequently and is too well-known for us to have to recall its features here (Fig. 852). Suffice it to emphasize that the nodules which enlarge the palmar aponeurosis initially have a histological structure which is nearly the same as that of a desmoid tumor or even a well-differentiated fibrosarcorma (grade 1), with numerous plump fibroblasts, and some mitotic figures (Fig. 853). Thereafter, the nodules «mature» in a dense, pseudotendinous, collagenous tissue, retracting and adhering to the derma.
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Campanacci, M., Bertoni, F., Bacchini, P. (1990). Palmar (Dupuytren’s disease) and Plantar (Ledderhose’s disease) Fibromatosis. In: Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-29279-2_91
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