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Their detection has increased markedly with the widespread use of abdominal imaging, raising concern about potential overtreatment: many complex CRMs treated surgically are ultimately benign, while some malignant lesions are low grade, localized, and follow a relatively indolent clinical course. Although the Bosniak classification stratifies malignancy probability, translating lesion characteristics into preoperative assessments of biological aggressiveness and patient-specific clinical consequences remains challenging. Drawing on published evidence and common clinical decision-making scenarios, this Perspective outlines the pathologic classification of CRMs, examines the limitations of the Bosniak classification, and discusses the prospects for and current barriers to the use of radiomics and artificial intelligence for benign-versus-malignant classification. 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