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Ganglion

Ganglion: Introduction

Ganglion: swelling that arises around joints and soft tissues. See detailed information below for a list of 11 causes of Ganglion, Symptom Checker, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Ganglion:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Ganglion. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

• Unknown cause
• Strenous activity
• Weight lifters
• Waiters
• Double bass players
• Guitarists
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Arthritis
• Synovitis
• Repetitive use of a joint
• Use of vibrating machinery
• more causes...»

See full list of 11 causes of Ganglion

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Common Causes of Ganglion

• Unknown cause
• Strenous activity
• Weight lifters
• Waiters
• Double bass players
• more common causes...»

Ganglion: Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Ganglion, as listed in our database. Visit the Symptom Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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• Ganglion and Arthralgia (3 causes)
• Ganglion and Arthritis-like symptoms (3 causes)
• Ganglion and Bone inflammation (3 causes)
• Ganglion and Foot pain (3 causes)
• Ganglion and Hip pain (3 causes)
• Ganglion and Inflammatory symptoms (3 causes)
• Ganglion and Joint pain (3 causes)
• Ganglion and Joint swelling (3 causes)
• Ganglion and Joint symptoms (3 causes)
• Ganglion and Joint tenderness (3 causes)
• Ganglion and Knee pain (3 causes)
• Ganglion and Movement symptoms (3 causes)
• Ganglion and Musculoskeletal symptoms (3 causes)
• Ganglion and Neck pain (3 causes)
• Ganglion and Neck stiffness (3 causes)
• Ganglion and Nerve symptoms (3 causes)
• more...»

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Ganglion Treatments

Some of the possible treatments listed in sources for treatment of Ganglion may include:

• Manual compression
• Corticosteroid injection
• Aspiration
• Cyst puncture
• Open removal
• Arthroscopy
• Splinting
• more treatments...»

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Ganglion: Comorbid Symptoms

Some of the comorbid or associated medical symptoms for Ganglion may include these symptoms:

• Arthralgia
• Arthritis-like symptoms
• Bone inflammation
• Foot pain
• Hip pain
• Inflammatory symptoms
• Joint pain
• Joint swelling
• Joint symptoms
• more associated symptoms...»

See all associated comorbid symptoms for Ganglion

Causes of General Symptom Types

Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:

• Joint symptoms (1430 causes)
• Tendon symptoms (412 causes)
• Musculoskeletal symptoms (6264 causes)
• Skeletal symptoms (4109 causes)
• more symptoms...»

Causes of Similar Symptoms to Ganglion

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Ganglion:

• Unknown cause
• Strenous activity
• Weight lifters
• Waiters
• Double bass players
• Guitarists
• Rheumatoid arthritis (17 causes)
• more symptoms...»

Definitions of Ganglion:

Ganglion: , pl. ganglia, ganglions (1) [TA], Originally, any group of nerve cell bodies in the central or peripheral nervous system; currently, an aggregation of nerve cell bodies located in the peripheral nervous system. SYN: nerve ganglion, neural ganglion, neuroganglion. (2) A cyst containing mucopolysaccharide-rich fluid within fibrous tissue or, occasionally, muscle bone or a semilunar cartilage; usually attached to a tendon sheath in the hand, wrist, or foot, or connected with the underlying joint. SYN: myxoid cyst, peritendinitis serosa, synovial cyst. [G. a swelling or knot]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

An encapsulated neural structure consisting of a collection of cell bodies or neurons
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)

Any group of sensory or autonomic nerve cell bodies located outside the central nervous system.
- (Source - CRISP)

Detailed list of causes of Ganglion

The list below shows some of the causes of Ganglion mentioned in various sources:

• Arthritis
• Double bass players
• Guitarists
• Repetitive use of a joint
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• more causes...»

See full list of 11 causes of Ganglion

How Common are these Causes of Ganglion?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Ganglion. Of the 11 causes of Ganglion that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 1 causes are "very common" diseases
• 1 causes are "common" diseases
• 0 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 0 causes are "rare" diseases
• 0 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 11 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 11 causes of Ganglion

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Ganglion:

The following list of conditions have 'Ganglion' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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Classifications of Ganglion:

Medical Conditions associated with Ganglion:

Joint symptoms (1430 causes), Tendon symptoms (412 causes), Musculoskeletal symptoms (6264 causes), Skeletal symptoms (4109 causes)

Symptoms related to Ganglion:

Unknown cause, Strenous activity, Weight lifters, Waiters, Double bass players, Guitarists, Rheumatoid arthritis (17 causes)

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