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ArticleThe Journal of hand surgery, European volume2022

Echogenicity of Dupuytren's nodules is correlated to myofibroblast load and nodule hardness.

Sanne Molenkamp, Whangzao Song, Marjolein Bloembergen, Dieuwke C Broekstra, Paul M N Werker

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Article in The Journal of hand surgery, European volume, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sanne MolenkampDepartment of Plastic Surgery, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Whangzao SongDepartment of Pathology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Marjolein BloembergenDepartment of Plastic Surgery, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Dieuwke C BroekstraDepartment of Plastic Surgery, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Paul M N WerkerDepartment of Plastic Surgery, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
University of Groningen · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the association between the echogenicity of Dupuytren's disease nodules and myofibroblast load, and between echogenicity and nodule hardness. Thirty-eight nodules were assessed sonographically. The echogenicity of nodules was measured objectively with Image J (grey-value) and subjectively by visual inspection (hypo-, mixed and hyper-echogenicity). These findings were compared with myofibroblast load measured by histopathological analysis. In a different cohort, 97 nodules were assessed for grey-value and nodule hardness using a tonometer. There was a moderate, significant, negative association between grey-value and myofibroblast load and the subjective visual measurements corresponded to this finding. There was also a moderate, significant, negative association between grey-value and nodule hardness. Ultrasound and tonometry may be useful in the selection of patients for possible future preventive treatments.

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Dupuytren ContractureMyofibroblastsHardnessHumansUltrasonographyDupuytren’s contracturemyofibroblaststonometryultrasonography

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PMID34617826
PMCPMC8892062
OpenAlexW3204906666

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