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Tunnel cluster

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Micrograph of a tunnel cluster. H&E stain.

A tunnel cluster, more formally tunnel cluster of the cervix and cervical tunnel cluster, is a benign group of dilated endocervical glands in the cervix.

It is significant only in that it can be confused for a malignancy, i.e. cancer.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Nucci, MR. (Oct 2002). "Symposium part III: tumor-like glandular lesions of the uterine cervix". Int J Gynecol Pathol. 21 (4): 347–59. doi:10.1097/00004347-200210000-00004. PMID 12352183.