| MEDICAL QUIZ |
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| Year : 2019 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 105-107 |
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Medical quiz: Lingua villosa nigra (black hairy tongue)
Almurtada Ali Razok1, Zohaib Yousaf1, Abdel-Naser Elzouki2
1 Department of Medicine, Hamad General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
2 Department of Medicine, Hamad General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation; College of Medicine, Qatar University; Weill Cornell College of Medicine-New York/Qatar, Doha, Qatar
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Almurtada Ali Razok
Department of Medicine, Hamad General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, P.O Box 3050, Doha
Qatar
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/LJMS.LJMS_51_19
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Black hairy tongue is a temporary, harmless oral condition that gives the tongue a dark, furry appearance. The distinct look usually results from a build-up of dead skin cells on the papillae of the surface of the tongue that contains taste buds. The differential diagnosis includes a variety of medical conditions and medication side effect. We present a medical quiz about an occasionally missed cause of black hairy tongue.
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