I am new to this board. I have not read every single message, so I apologize if my area of interest has already been addressed ad nauseum. My father, both brothers and I have knuckle pads (four or more fingers on each person). One brother and I have two medium sized nodules on the bottom of our arches. The orthopaedist told me I am afflicted with Dupuytren's but I have yet to read from this message board or from any medical information source about people who have the residual effects of the disease without the major sympton (nodule on palm and bending of ring and pinkie fingers). Has anyone else experienced this or know of others who have? Strangely, my father, who is in his sixties, has recently seen his knuckle pads disappear after decades of having them. Thanks.

Steve,
You might want to look at the website:
www.baylorhealth.com/Proceedings/14_4/14_4_flatt.pdf

It really is a great website written by an M.D. who has studied Dupuytren's most of his life. It talks about knuckle pads and other DC problems.

Thanks for the link, Sean. I downloaded the info. and it is the best info. I have seen yet on Dupuytren's. The pic of the knuckle pads is identical to what I have (really had, last one was surgically removed last Friday). Once again, it's odd that my family members and I have knuckle pads and arch nodules but not the actual bending of the hand. We are not diabetics, alcoholics, nor epilectics--so another strange turn. The human body is so intricate it's amazing we know as much as we do about it. Thanks.
Steve

Jan, I'm not a physiology major, but without looking up all of the terminology in what you posted it sounds like the same as Dupuytren's re the nodule in the palm that noone in my family has developed yet, strange to say. Our fingers that have knuckle pads are bent slightly due to the pad itself and not from a contraction from the palm. If you have time to download the link Sean sent, look at the pic of the knuckle pads on page 381 and you will see a visualization of what my family has, both the fingers and the foot arch. Let me know if you have any more info--every bit helps. Thanks.

Thanks for the info. Terry. I found a few websites that had pix of Garrod's Pads but they didn't look exactly like what I had. Download the link Sean posted and look at the picture on p. 381. That's what mine looked like before surgery. I couldn't find much info. online about Garrods. Steve