Ganglion cysts are benign soft tissue masses that are known to occur about any joint in the human body, but most commonly appear at the wrist.Among these, 60% to 70% develop on the dorsal side ...

Wrist extension, finger adduction, finger abduction, finger extension, and thumb abduction may all be weak. ... and third dorsal interosseous compartments and in the carpal canal.

De Quervain’s Disease is a painful tendinitis that develops at the base of the thumb at the wrist level. A Swiss surgeon, Fritz de Quervain, first described this problem in 1895. Numerous ...

On the dorsal side of the wrist, just ulnar to Lister’s tubercle, ... Pain on palpation of the thumb extensor tendons in the first extensor compartment can further confirm the diagnosis.

First Dorsal Compartment: An anatomical region in the wrist that houses the extensor pollicis brevis and abductor pollicis longus tendons, often implicated in de Quervain's disease.

Dr. Bert Perey, MD, FRCPC, Orthopedic Surgeon, discusses what the symptoms are of a ganglion cyst of the dorsal wrist. Mike Myers hilariously proves his Canadian credentials in viral video about ...