Abstract
THE HAIRY tongue is a benign disease entity of somewhat bizarre nature. Characterized by an overgrowth of epidermis of filiform papillae, particularly in triangular area anterior to circumvallate papillae, filamentous proliferation produces an appearance which has been likened to the hair of a dog dampened by water. The color is frequently black, but shades of brown, yellow, blue, and green have been described. In most instances condition is asymptomatic, patient complaining only of appearance of tongue. In some cases, however, a sickening taste and pain have been described as occurring in introspective person. Certain patients have been annoyed by tickling sensations or gagging produced by elongated papillae. There has been considerable controversy over etiology of hairy tongue. Heidingsfeld, 1 in 1910, reviewed various theories propounded since Raynaud, in 1869, observed hyphae and spores in filamentous
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