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 »