The proper characterization of intracardiac masses continues to be one of the most relevant challenges in contemporary cardiovascular imaging. Thrombi, benign tumors, and malignant neoplasms share some similar morphological characteristics in conventional echocardiography, but they entail radically different approaches, prognoses, and therapeutic urgencies. Despite significant advances in cardiovascular imaging diagnostic techniques, critical decisions, such as whether to anticoagulate or operate, investigate or observe, treat urgently or monitor, are still frequently challenging in clinical practice. Echocardiography, although indispensable as an initial […]