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ganglion cyst Tendon cyst Surgery A common soft tissue mass of the hand that is 1 Not a ganglion, ie it is not neural in origin and 2 Not a cyst; GCs correspond to mucoid degeneration of tendinous tissue and are often located on the wrist
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``He's got a little break in the capsule in his wrist that lets the fluid come out and form a ganglion cyst in the back of his hand,'' Dodgers trainer Stan Johnston said. Clinically, the differential diagnosis includes basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, Merkel's cell tumor, metastasis from a visceral malignancy, vascular neoplasm, epidermal inclusion cyst, and ganglion cyst. |
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