Posts Tagged: Cyst

Digital Mucous Cyst (DMC): Myxoid Cyst…

Hyde first described digital mucous cyst (DMC) in 1882.   In 1893, Ledderhose suggested that ganglia arose spontaneously in the subcutaneous tissue.  Ritschel, in 1895, proposed the earliest formulation of the theory that mucoid degeneration may be responsible for digital mucous cysts; Carp and Stout popularized the theory in 1928.  They are also referred to as Myxoid Cyst, Synovial Cyst,… Read more »

Dermoid Cysts: Once Upon A Time…

STORYTIME:  I was in my office at Tripler Army Medical Center when Tony Bottini, a Neurosurgeon (now practicing in St. Paul, Minnesota, here is his LINK), came to visit.  He poked his head in the room and asked me if I would take a look at a child that the Family Practice doctors wanted to… Read more »