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Black hairy tongue (BHT) is a “condition where the surface of the tongue takes a blackish discoloration (Fig. 12.1) and furry appearance due to abnormally hypertrophied and elongated filiform papillae (Fig. 12.2).

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Sakr, M.F. (2022). Tongue Discoloration. In: Tongue Lesions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08198-9_12

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