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*May appear quickly, recede, change in size | |||
*Most are not painful | |||
*Interference with function, poor cosmetics, and pain may require routine referral to hand surgeon | |||
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Revisión del 20:58 19 ago 2016
Background
- Cystic collection of synovial fluid within a joint or tendon sheath
- ~33% resolve spontaneously
Clinical Features
- May appear quickly, recede, change in size
- Most are not painful
- Interference with function, poor cosmetics, and pain may require routine referral to hand surgeon
Differential Diagnosis
Hand and finger injuries
- Distal finger
- Other finger/thumb
- Boutonniere deformity
- Mallet finger
- Jammed finger
- Jersey finger
- Trigger finger
- Ring avulsion injury
- De Quervain tenosynovitis
- Infiltrative tenosynovitis
- Metacarpophalangeal ulnar ligament rupture (Gamekeeper's thumb)
- Hand
- Wrist
- Drummer's wrist
- Ganglion cyst
- Lunotriquetral ligament instability
- Scaphoid fracture
- Extensor digitorum tenosynovitis
- Compressive neuropathy ("bracelet syndrome")
- Intersection syndrome
- Snapping Extensor Carpi Ulnaris
- Vaughn Jackson syndrome
- General
Evaluation
- Normally clinical
- May use ultrasound if unsure
Management
- NSAIDs
- Refer to hand surgeon for persistent or recurrent pain or cosmetic deformity