Knuckle pads
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Knuckle pads are circumscribed, keratotic, fibrous growths over the dorsa of the interphalangeal joints. Knuckle pads are well-defined, round, plaque-like, fibrous thickening that may develop at any age, and grow to be 10 to 15mm in diameter in the course of a few weeks or months, then persist permanently. Knuckle pads are sometimes associated with Dupuytren's contracture
and camptodactyly
, and histologically, the lesions are fibromas.
Dupuytren's contracture
Dupuytren's contracture , is a fixed flexion contracture of the hand where the fingers bend towards the palm and cannot be fully extended...
and camptodactyly
Camptodactyly
Camptodactyly is a medical condition involving fixed flexion deformity of the interphalangeal joints of the little finger. This involves permanent flexure of one or more phalanges...
, and histologically, the lesions are fibromas.