Tongue, Black Hairy - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

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Eric Ehrsam, MD

Diagnosis

tongue, black hairy

Body Site

tongue tongue, dorsal surface

Age

15 years

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

Color

orange

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric

Comments

A 15 year old boy developed a multicolored hairy tongue with hypertrophy of the filiform papillae on the dorsal surface. Black hairy tongue ( lingua villosa nigra) is well known. Rarely hairy tongue may be brown, white, green, pink, or any of a variety of colors depending on the triggering factors ( eg. colored mouthwashes, candies).

Description

orange plaque with hypertrophy of the filiform papillae

Image Added

12/7/2002 23:05:00

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