The histologic diagnosis of melanoma

The pathologic diagnosis of melanoma is of crucial importance because it pr ovides the patient and his or her attending physician with the knowledge of a potentially life-threatening or an almost curable condition. The histopa thologic diagnosis of melanoma is based on the simultaneous or systematic a ssessment of several well-known histopathologic features. This article disc usses the author's approach to the histopathologic diagnosis of melanoma fo r specific situations.