The
mechanism
of
formation
of
digital
mucous
cysts
is
____________________
.
Currently
,
it
is
believed
that
the
cysts
arise
from
mucoid
____________________
of
connective
tissue
and
that
this
process
,
in
____________________
cases
,
involves
communication
with
the
adjacent
DIP
joint
and
possible
coexistence
____________________
osteoarthritis
.
Clinical
and
radiographic
evidence
of
osteoarthritis
is
____________________
at
the
site
of
the
cysts
,
and
the
frequent
presence
of
osteophytes
and
spurring
of
the
DIP
joint
were
____________________
in
the
1970s
.
Active
connection
to
the
joint
space
may
____________________
may
not
exist
,
as
the
mucoblasts
associated
with
the
cyst
____________________
capable
of
sustaining
the
process
.
