Black hairy tongue. A scanning electron microscopic study.
A patient with tongue malignancy associated with a black hairy tongue is presented. Specimens from e area fo the black hairy tongue and from a normally appearing part were studied with the scanning electron microscope. The "hairs" consisted of elongated filiform papillae due to accumulated keratinized layers. In-between these layers, fungi and bacteria were found. The aetiology of the blck hairy tongue in this patient is discussed.
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008875:Middle Aged; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D014064:Tongue, Hairy / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*