Ganglion Cyst

Comments:
Intraoperative photograph of a ganglion cyst attached to the flexor tendon sheath of the middle finger in a 31 y/o male who presented with swelling on the palmer aspect of his right wrist. The swelling was cystic, fluctuant and freely mobile with the flexion/extension of the right middle finger.

Microscopically, it was a cystic lesion lined by connective tissue composed of bland spindle cells in myxoid matrix. Epithelial or synovial lining was not seen. Case contributed by: Dr. Madhav S. Khadilkar and Dr. Sanjay D. Deshmukh, Smt. Kashibai Navale Medical College, Pune, India.