hairy tongue, black. brownish, yellowish-green or dirty greyish, sharply defined, warty, rough plaques of the tongue surface, especially localized in the middle and posterior third of the tongue back. clearly elongated papillae filiformes. shown here are changes in a cigarette smoker after long-term therapy with broad-spectrum antibiotics and regular nicotine abuse.
Hairy tongue, black. filamentous, brown-black, hyperkeratotic, hypertrophic Papillae filiformes in the area of the back and middle areas of the tongue.
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