The article analyzes current information about pyogenic granuloma (PG), currently referred to as benign vascular tumors. The features of the clinical course of the disease are considered in detail, the factors that most often provoke the development of PG are described, a detailed description of the dermatoscopic picture is presented, with such signs as a reddish homogeneous area, white collar, white rail structures, ulceration and vascular structures. Special attention is paid to the differential diagnosis of PG with non-pigmented melanoma of the skin, Spitz nevus, lymphangiomas, angiokeratomas, bacillary angiomatosis, Kaposi’s sarcoma and basal cell skin cancer. The authors present their own clinical observations of PG in the nail bed, illustrating the possibility of self-regression, as well as the possibility of using a topical β-blocker for the treatment of PG in children.

Keywords: non-pigmented melanoma, telangiectatic granuloma, botryomycoma, lobular capillary hemangioma, pyogenic granuloma