The Histologic Diagnosis of Melanoma

The pathologic diagnosis of melanoma is of crucial importance because it provides the patient and his or her attending physician with the knowledge of a potentially life-threatening or an almost curable condition. The histopathologic diagnosis of melanoma is based on the simultaneous or systematic assessment of several well-known histopathologic features. This article discusses the author's approach to the histopathologic diagnosis of melanoma for specific situations.