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Medical Forum / General / General / September 2005lump on top of wrist
Yesterday I noticed a hard lump under my skin. It location is on top of my right hand wrist. If I were wearing a wristwatch there, it would be next to the number 9. It feels like a 3/8" ball bearing except it seems fixed to the hard surface below. It is painful when I palpate it. I do not see any discoloration or puncture through the skin. My skin moves freely over it. Any ideas what it might be? Could it be a spider bite? What should a doctor do? > Yesterday I noticed a hard lump under my skin. It location is on top of my > right hand wrist. If I were wearing a wristwatch there, it would be next to [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Any ideas what it might be? Could it be a spider bite? What should a doctor > do? http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/fact/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=183&topcategory=Hand http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganglion_cyst > http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/fact/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=183&topcategory=Hand > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganglion_cyst Whew, thanks. Must be that. It is almost gone now too - a little residual pain when I press on it. My guess is that in the future heat would be better than cold - heat would make the fluid thinner and more likely to roll back into the joint area where it is supposed to be. > > http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/fact/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=183&topcategory=Hand > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganglion_cyst > > Whew, thanks. Must be that. It's quite common. > It is almost gone now too - Good! > a little residual pain when I press on it. My > guess is that in the future heat would be better than cold - heat would make > the fluid thinner and more likely to roll back into the joint area where it is > supposed to be. My grandmother used to tell a story about a doc who treated a large ganglion cyst by having her place her arm on his desk and, without warning, thumping on her wrist with a medical dictionary. (Don't do that. ;) ~~Patti
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