DUPUYTREN'S CONTRACTURE AS A SEQUEL TO CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Authors: KENNETH C.  KEHL
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1943)

Article1 August 1943DUPUYTREN'S CONTRACTURE AS A SEQUEL TO CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND MYOCARDIAL INFARCTIONKENNETH C. KEHL, M.D., F.A.C.P.KENNETH C. KEHL, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-19-2-213 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptReports of Dupuytren's contracture in association with disease of the coronary arteries have been infrequent. Askey,1 in reviewing the syndrome of painful disability of the shoulder and hand following coronary occlusion, suggested the possible relationship of changes in the palmar aponeurosis and myocardial infarction. To the seven cases described by him are added the six cases here presented, and points of difference and similarity are noted.CASE REPORTSCase 1. P. H., a 48 year old white male, a laborer, in April 1936, complained that since 1931 he had noted abdominal distention, belching, flatulence, and cramping lower abdominal pain which...Bibliography1. ASKEY JM: The syndrome of painful disability of the shoulder and hand complicating coronary occlusion, Am. Heart Jr., 1941, xx, 1-12. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. EDEIKENWOLFERTH JCC: Persistent pain in shoulder region following myocardial infarction, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1936, cxci, 201. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. ERNSTENE AC: Shoulder pain as a sequel to myocardial infarction, Arch. Int. Med., 1940, lxvi, 800. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. BOASLEVY EPH: Extracardiac determination of site and radiation of pain in angina pectoris with special reference to shoulder pain, Am. Heart Jr., 1937, xiv, 540-553. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. NIEDERLAN W: Dupuytren's contraction as related to occupation, Med. Welt, 1933, vii, 126-127. Google Scholar6. SCHRODER CH: Dupuytren's contraction and trauma, Arch. f. Orthopäd, u. Unfall-Chir., 1934-1935, xxxv, 125. Google Scholar7. NIPPERT : Constitution, metabolism, and Dupuytren's contracture, Deutsch. Ztschr. f. Chir., Leipzig, 1929, ccxvi, 289-292. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. POWERS H: Dupuytren's contracture 100 years after Dupuytren: its interpretation, Jr. Nerv. and Ment. Dis., 1934, lxxx, 386-409. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Racine, Wisconsin*Received for publication April 11, 1942. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byDupuytren's Contracture: The Aetiological Role of TraumaThe Electroencephalogram in Patients with Dupuytren's Contracture: Electroencephalographic and Clinical Neurological Study of 78 Dupuytren PatientsZur Pathogenese und Therapie der Dupuytrenschen Kontraktur (Eine Studie an Hand von mehr als 500 Fällen)Über Folgekrankheiten nach HerzinfarktVegetative Herz- und KreislaufstörungenVegetative Herz- und KreislaufstörungenDiscussion on the Painful ShoulderCervicale Spondylose und cervicale DiscushernienPainful ShoulderAnginöse Schmerzen und ihre DifferentialdiagnoseResection of Anginal Pathway for Relief of Anginal PainTrauma and Dupuytren's contractureSchmerzhafte Zustände der ExtremitätenFibromatosis of the plantar fasciaAnginöse Schmerzen und ihre DifferentialdiagnoseA possible mechanism of postcoronary shoulder pain 1 August 1943Volume 19, Issue 2Page: 213-223KeywordsAbdominal painCoronary arteriesDisabilitiesMyocardial infarctionShouldersStable coronary artery disease ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1943 PDF downloadLoading ...