Is hemangiopericytoma a malignant tumor?
My dog has been diagnosed with hemangiopericytoma and has surgery scheduled next week. I am not finding much info about this online. Is this a malignant tumor? Her veterinarian looked and pressed on the lump then told us what our dog had. Was the doctor able to tell what the condition was by the look and feel of the lump? What are the characteristics of it? Thanks. Yes, it is a locally invasive, but rarely metastatic cancer. Hemangiopericytomas are low-grade malignant tumors that arise from connective tissue pericytes. Pericytes are cells that surround arterioles (very small blood vessels that feed into capillaries). These tumors may occur on any part of the body, although they most frequently appear on the limbs over joints. They seem to occur frequently in cocker spaniels, German shepherds, Boxers, Irish setters, Siberian huskies, and mixed breeds. Hemangiopericytoma affects dogs over seven years old. There is no sex predilection. The tumors arise in the dermis (deepest part of the s
