title: Metastatic melanoma: Pathologic characterization, current treatment, and complications of therapy.
abstract: Metastatic melanoma (MM) has the potential to involve virtually any anatomical site, and it also has a wide spectrum of histological appearances. General clinicopathologic data pertaining to MM are presented in this review, together with a discussion of its differential diagnosis and therapy. "Biological" agents used in the treatment of melanoma are considered, along with the pathological features of the complications that they may cause.
authors.affiliation: Division of Surgical Pathology & Cytopathology, University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, Virginia. Electronic address: mrw9c@virginia.edu.
authors.forename: Mark R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Wick
authors.affiliation: Division of Surgical Pathology & Cytopathology, University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, Virginia.
authors.forename: Alejandro A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Gru
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Adjunctive morphological studies; Biological therapy; Complications of treatment; Metastatic melanoma