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black tongue

Etiology: - staining of the tongue filiform papillae from a variety of foods - coffee, tea, berries Pathology: - cosmetic only, asymptomatic

Related

benign migratory glossitis (geographic tongue) hairy tongue; black hairy tongue; lingua villosa nigra

General

sign/symptom tongue disease

References

  1. Geriatric Review Syllabus, 7th edition Parada JT et al (eds) American Geriatrics Society, 2010