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Pericytes are contractile cells that wrap around the endothelial cells of capillaries and venules throughout the body. These supportive perivascular cells are essential to angiogenesis, tissue homeostasis, vessel permeability, and blood pressure control (Scott et al. 2015). Pericytic/perivascular soft tissue tumors are generally composed of modified vascular smooth muscle cells and tend to grow in a circumferential fashion around blood vessels (Scott et al. 2015; Flope et al. 2013).
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Kang, H.S., Hong, S.H., Choi, JY., Yoo, H.J. (2017). Pericytic (Perivascular) Tumors. In: Oncologic Imaging: Soft Tissue Tumors. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-718-5_8
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