Lipoma is a "tumor" made of lipocytes (fat cells) - Veterinarians near me Marietta Georgia Dr Erik Johnson

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Lipomas:

A lipoma is a lump of fat.
Where do they come from?
Let's imagine there are 100 fat cells. (Adipose cells)
And then your dog pokes himself with the edge of some stairs, a branch or in rough house.
And one of those 100 adipose cells breaks off the group.
Well it doesn't 'die' it just starts "doing its own thing" and growing slowly as "it's own" adipose cells. Dividing.
And eventually forms an island of adipose (lipid) cells or "mass" made of fat: LIPOMA.
They only matter if:
1. They get really big
2. They might be hard to remove IF they get really big
3. If they threaten the function of something important like an arm or eye or vent.
So unless any of the above three things seem probable, we leave 'em alone and measure 'em every year.
Skinny dogs are less likely to get Lipomas because of course the adipose tissue is rarer and there's less to 'break off' in there.

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