I remember my Dad having a knot on his wrist for years before he actually had the contracture in the palm of his hand. He died at 90, and his little finger and ring finger were both drawn into the palm. Now, both of my brothers and I have dupuytrens. My experience tells me that it is hereditary; however, I can recall exactly when I had trauma to my hand a few years ago, and it started to develop almost immediately. That leads me to believe that, although it may be hereditary, it may never develop unless something triggers it. Incidentally, all the literature says it is more prevalent in males, but I am a female.

It is interesting that your father had the lump on his wrist before developing contracture in the fingers. Nobody, nobody in my family has ever had either dupuytren's or ledderhose that I know of. I am the fist (to my knowledge), but I have 100% northern European heritage and have blonde hair and blue eyes. I am also female.

Please describe the Dupuytren's in your wrist. After I had NA and before I had RT on my palm, I noticed 2 lumps developing along the outside/little finger side of my wrist. They do follow a tendon. They were initially very soft, even unnoticeable unless you have Dups, then you notice everything. The one closest to the hand has gotten significantly firmer in the last month.

My GP suggested ganglion cyst, dermatologist suggested fatty cyst and Dr. T, my radiation doctor doesn't think it is Dups as he has never seen Dups in that part of the wrist, only leading into the center of the wrist from cords in the palm. He didn't want to do RT on it unless he is sure that it is Dups. If I had wanted to have an MRI to diagnose what it is, I'd have had to postpone RT. I had already waited 4 months and felt it important to do RT without further delay. I'm still not sure what it is. It is looking more and more like Dups, but that could be one of my Dups "hypochrondriac attacks".

It would be helpful if anyone has descriptions of Dups in the wrist.

I am female and age 71. I first noticed Dups when I was almost 70. Neither of 2 brothers and no one else in my family that anyone can recall have ever had it.

Just a thought but could it be DeQuervain's Tendonitis? This has pain and cysts on the wrist near the thumb. It causes tendon restiction and similar side effects as DC.

I know somone that has this and it resembles in some ways DC. It required surgery to fix it.

Lori

flojo,
This is interesting. About an hour ago I noticed a marble size hard lump on the palm side of my wrist (under the thumb). This must have come quick because I hadn't noticed before. No pain with it. The interesting thing is that it is exactly where my wrist rests on the edge of my desk when holding the computer mouse (as you mentioned).