“…17 , 22 , 26 , 33 , 37 The other reported cause of trichoptysis is reconstructive surgery following resection of a laryngeal tumor. 53 The expectorated hair from teratomas is usually white, perhaps due to a lack of maturity of the pigment-producing cells within the tumor. 17 Detection of endobronchial hair in the absence of trichoptysis, as was the case here, has the same signifi cance (bronchial communication).…”