title: Hairy lesions of the oral cavity. Clinical and histopathologic differentiation of hairy leukoplakia from hairy tongue.
abstract: Hairy leukoplakia and hairy tongue are the two most common hairlike lesions of the human tongue. Despite their hairlike appearance, the two conditions are very different clinically, histopathologically, and biologically. Those differences are the concern of this article.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, New York University Medical Center, NY 10016.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Winzer
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Gilliar
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Ackerman
mesh_terms: D000386:AIDS-Related Complex / Q000150:complications; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007972:Leukoplakia, Oral / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D014064:Tongue, Hairy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*