Lengua negra peluda
La lengua negra peluda se presenta cuando las papilas (prolongaciones dactiliformes de la superficie de la lengua) no se caen como lo hacen normalmente. A medida que incrementa la longitud de la papila, se acumulan detritos y crecen bacterias, produciendo la apariencia oscura y "peluda".
Revision
Last reviewed 3/5/2011 by Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington, School of Medicine; and Seth Schwartz, MD, MPH, Otolaryngologist, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
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