Muguti G I, Appelt B
Department of Surgery, Mpilo Central Hospital, Bulwayo, Zimbabwe.
Cent Afr J Med. 1993 Jun;39(6):129-32.
Four cases of Dupuytren's contracture treated at Mpilo Central Hospital over the last 13 years are presented. Three of these patients were men aged 45, 59 and 74 years. Only one woman aged 55 years was treated during this period. All the four patients were indigenous Black Zimbabweans. There was some history of trauma to the affected upper limb in all three of the male patients and all of them agreed to being moderate smokers but only two gave a history of drinking alcohol. One of the men had been treated for pulmonary tuberculosis. The female patient has been on treatment for epilepsy for more than 10 years. There was no family history of Dupuytren's contracture in any of these patients. Although Dupuytren's contracture is generally considered to be a European disease this report and a few isolated case reports confirm that this condition occurs in indigenous Black Africans.
本文介绍了过去13年在姆皮洛中心医院治疗的4例杜普伊特伦挛缩症病例。其中3例患者为男性，年龄分别为45岁、59岁和74岁。在此期间仅治疗了1例55岁的女性。所有4例患者均为津巴布韦本土黑人。3名男性患者的患侧上肢均有外伤史，他们均承认是中度吸烟者，但只有2人有饮酒史。其中1名男性曾接受过肺结核治疗。该女性患者已接受癫痫治疗超过10年。这些患者均无杜普伊特伦挛缩症家族史。尽管杜普伊特伦挛缩症通常被认为是一种欧洲疾病，但本报告及一些个别病例报告证实，这种疾病也发生在非洲本土黑人身上。
