Dupuytren's Contracture

[conn53victor]

My pinky finger on my right hand is bent about 25° at the middle knuckle. I talked to a tele-doctor and he thought it most likely a Dupuytren's Contracture. Mayo Clinic says:

[JayKosta]

Since it happened quickly over just a few weeks, I would also consider some 'nerve related' cause.
Try to recall if you had been doing any non-usual activities with that hand - pruning, pliers, screwdriver, handsaw, etc. Maybe even how your hand is placed while sleeping, watching TV, etc. Did you get a new pillow or chair, etc. different vehicle?

I usually get hand cramps when I over-do such activities, but not the symptom you mentioned.

Jay
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[Shifty]

I've got the same on my left pinky. I'm 70 as well; the condition popped up a year or so ago. I showed it to a hand doctor that I was seeing for another condition and he confirmed the diagnosis. He said there was no reason to try to do anything with it unless it progressed.

There's no discomfort and I still have enough movement to operate my third valve slides (ring finger won't move independently and the Vulcan grip doesn't work for me), so I'll let it be.
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[stumac]

I have the condition in both hands, left started to develop when in my 60s, now at 82 my right is developing, it is a genetic condition, my father and 2 great uncles had it, I have been told that it was brought into England by the Vikings.

Only causes minor discomfort, cannot now use pinky hook on trumpet, my new one I am waiting on will not have one. I hold the trumpet with my index and ring fingers around the bottom of the third valve casing and operate the slide with my first finger.

A Hand surgeon told me that he could fix the right hand completely but could only the the left halfway back, I decided to do nothing about it as there is a lengthy recovery period after the operation where the tendon has a Z shaped cut in it, lengthened and rejoined.

Regards, Stuart.

[cgaiii]

My father had a pretty serious case of this. He was forced to have surgery several times. As I recall, the surgery involved scraping out deposits. The first couple of times he had the surgery, his fingers went from being about half curled to fully open again. Each time the condition slowly returned. It primarily affected his middle and ring fingers. As scar tissue built up from the surgeries, they became less effective.
I have never heard of a sudden onset of this. I would seek another opinion.
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[plp]

I have it in both hands, is genetic, my dad, and granddad, and greatgranddad had it as well.

It's an Irish thing, and a love of the fruit of the bog exacerbates it.

For some reason, my insurance exempts it from treatment, my dad had shots into the constricted tissue for it and at some point, said his doctor just grabbed his palms in one hand, his fingers in another, and bent them back, said he could feel and hear the tendons separate.

He got another 11 years on the golf course, when before he couldn't hold a club for several years.

It is a big deal for me, as the 3rd finger on my right hand is permanently bent.

I play 3rd part quite a bit, in a band where we are in a buttload of sharps most of the time, my compensating mechanism is my pinkie is out of the octave key, and have to slightly twist my wrist for anything that involves the 3rd valve.
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