The Hand Patient: Volar Ganglion of the wrist

Abstract

RE: Your patient with a tender swelling on the volar aspect of the right wrist. Thank you for your referral of Ms PL.L a 29 year old right hand dominant sales lady who complains of a firm swelling on the radial aspect of the flexor surface of the right wrist. This swelling has been present for about three months. The swelling has disappeared once completely but has reformed again and now seems to be static in size. The swelling does not interfere with her activities of daily living except if she uses the hand in a dorsi-flexed position. What bothers her most is the ugly appearance of the swelling. She cannot remember a traumatic incident which may have given rise to the swelling.