A hair on the tongue.

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.