I'd seen a Question just like this one on Amboss and still managed to get this one wrong. So basically a ganglion on the VOLAR (palmar) surface of the wrist could potentially compress the structures within the carpal tunnel (i.e the median nerve, the flexor pollicis longus, the flexor digitorum profundus and superficialis tendons) and cause weakness/paresthesias if it kept growing. A DORSAL ganglion, on the other hand, is a lot less likely to compress on anything, and is more likely to remain asymptomatic and regress spontaneously. P.S. Carole did it.