What is the symptom of tendon sheath cyst

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Everyone needs to pay attention to their hands and feet, to avoid their hands and feet injury as far as possible, so that they can live a healthy life, but now there are some people suffering from tendon sheath cyst in society, so it also affects their hands and feet health, so what are the symptoms of tendon sheath cyst? Now let's talk about it.

What is the symptom of tendon sheath cyst

Ganglion cysts can occur at any age, more common in young and middle-aged, women than men, cysts grow slowly, round, the diameter is generally not more than 2cm, there are also sudden found, a few can subside, also can grow again, some cases in addition to local tumors, no conscious discomfort, sometimes mild tenderness, most cases have local acid swelling or discomfort, affect activity.

During the examination, we can feel a round mass with smooth appearance and clear boundary. The surface of the mass can be pushed by the skin without adhesion. Most of the cysts have large tension. The mass is tough and a few are soft, but all of them are cystic. The base of the cyst is fixed and there is almost no activity. B-ultrasound examination can help to determine the nature of the mass.

Most of them occur in the dorsal side of the wrist, and a few in the palmar side. The best location is at the dorsal joint capsule of the wrist on the radial side of the common extensor tendon, followed by between the flexor carpi radialis tendon and abductor pollicis longus tendon. The tendon sheath cyst on the palmar side of the wrist sometimes needs to be differentiated from the radial artery aneurysm, Carpal tunnel syndrome can be induced by compression of median nerve and cyst of flexor tendon sheath in carpal tunnel. A few cyst of tendon sheath can occur on flexor tendon sheath of finger far away from metacarpophalangeal joint, which is as hard as cartilage.

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Everyone should be as far away from the above symptoms as possible, so that they can have healthy hands and feet. At the same time, all patients with tendon sheath cyst must really understand tendon sheath cyst, so that they can have a way to deal with tendon sheath cyst and get rid of the above symptoms as soon as possible.