Kaylasmom has noticed lately that there’s a non-painful bulge on her right wrist. A little image searching has led me to suspect that the structure in question is the ulnar styloid process. Is there any particular significance to this anatomical feature being far more prominent on one arm than on the other?
It could be a ganglion cyst. Just don’t follow any advice to swing at it with a Bible…
It is a ganglion cyst statistically. Have her bend the wrist down (flexion) and it should stick out even more. The ulnar styloid is part of the bone and should be equally prominent on both sides. If this is new it’s not that…
You can leave the cyst alone if you want. Smashing it may in fact cause it to rupture and disappear but there is a risk of smashing something you don’t want smashed. Many of them go away; sometimes we suck out the fluid with a needle or do a small surgical procedure to get rid of them.
There are always other things in any differential diagnosis such as a bone tumor or cyst of the bone itself.
Thanks much to the both of you. I’ll relay the likely explanation to kaylasmom, and we’ll talk about prioritizing this for medical attention.
I had a ganglion cyst on the inner wrist and the doc said to wear a wrist brace with a penny inside it pressing on the cyst. It would swell and dissipate but rarely be too painful. Eventually it subsided with no needly intervention.
I have a prominent ganglion cyst on my right wrist. It prevents my wrist from bending backward past a 45 degree angle. It’s been aspirated before, but now the other side of the wrist is swollen and sore, like tendonitis. I wonder if this is related to the aspiration.
Anywho, if you need it drained, have no fear. It doesn’t hurt one bit and the “recovery” is a band-aid and 10 minutes. However, this did nothing to relieve it.
Like Chief Pedant said. It’s not the ulnar styloid if it is much more porminent on one arm than the other. If it is incoveniencing you, get it drained. If it is no big deal, leave it alone.