A hair on the tongue

J Rochefort; A Guedj; G Lescaille; G Hervé; S Agbo-Godeau

doi:10.1016/j.revsto.2016.04.005

A hair on the tongue

Rev Stomatol Chir Maxillofac Chir Orale. 2016 Nov;117(5):357-358. doi: 10.1016/j.revsto.2016.04.005. Epub 2016 May 24.

Authors

J Rochefort¹, A Guedj², G Lescaille³, G Hervé⁴, S Agbo-Godeau²

Affiliations

¹ AP-HP, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Department of Odontology (Pr Descroix), 47-83, boulevard de l'Hôpital, Paris, France; Paris Diderot university, Faculté d'Odontologie, 4, rue Garancière, Paris, France. Electronic address: julietterochefort@yahoo.fr.
² AP-HP, Pierre et Marie Curie - Sorbonne University, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Maxillo-Facial Surgery (Pr Goudot), 47-83, boulevard de l'Hôpital, Paris, France.
³ AP-HP, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Department of Odontology (Pr Descroix), 47-83, boulevard de l'Hôpital, Paris, France; Paris Diderot university, Faculté d'Odontologie, 4, rue Garancière, Paris, France.
⁴ AP-HP, Pierre et Marie Curie - Sorbonne University, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Department of Anatomy and Pathology Cytology (Pr Capron), 47-83, boulevard de l'Hôpital, Paris, France.

PMID: 27234981
DOI: 10.1016/j.revsto.2016.04.005

Abstract

Introduction: Human hairs are generally localized on the cutaneous part of the head, neck, torso, armpits, pubis and limbs. Sometimes it can be found in an unusual localization and is then called heterotopic.

Observation: A 30-year-old man presented with a hair in the middle of the dorsum of the tongue. It was decided to perform an excision under local anesthesia.

Discussion: Few reports exist that describe hair growing on mucosa. Only one other case has been published concerning the tongue.

Keywords: Cavité orale; Chirurgie; Hair; Langue; Oral cavity; Poil; Surgery; Tongue.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Choristoma / pathology*
Hair / pathology*
Humans
Male
Sebaceous Glands / pathology*
Tongue / pathology
Tongue Diseases / pathology*