Another soft tissue mass to remove this week. – podiatrist NYC

In May I removed a soft tissue mass from this patients left big toe.  The pathology report came back as “epidermal inclusion cyst”.  In layman’s terms this occurs when the outside dead layer of skin, the epidermis is inverted into the live dermal layer deeper where it does not belong. Well, after removing the lesion…

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Recurrent Ganglion of tendon sheath – Podiatrist NYC

I just saw a patient with a recurrent ganglion of tendon sheath. She had presented to my office with a large fluid filled mass on top of her right great toe that had been present for three months and was getting larger.  She reported that it rubbed on her shoes and caused pain. Twice previously…

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