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The carpal tunnel is a small passageway approximately the size of the thumb located on the palm side of the wrist.
This is where the median nerve and tendons pass from the forearm into the hand. Swelling in this space puts pressure on the nerve and causes carpal tunnel syndrome. 

Dupuytren's contracture, also called Dupuytren's disease, is a hand condition characterized by an abnormal thickening of the tissue just beneath the skin of the palm.
It usually begins with a thickening of the skin in the palm of the hand, which may develop into a hard lump or thick band that eventually could cause the fingers, especially your pinky and ring fingers, to contract or curl into the palm.