Surgeon
Puren Hospital
China
Fei Li is specialized in Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Surgery, now an attending surgeon from Puren Hospital affiliated to Wuhan University of Science and Technology in China, and has rich experiences and expertise in performing Laparoscopic Appendectomy. This published paper in ANNALS OF MEDICINE & SURGERY comes from a rare case of appendiceal signet-ring cell adenocarcinoma presenting as acute appendicitis and being incidentally diagnosed after the appendectomy via pathological examination of the surgical sample in his practice. This type of appendiceal neoplasm is malignant and more aggressive with a poor prognosis, and the early diagnosis is challenging. Further studies aiming to devise novel tools for early stage diagnosis and optimal management are urgent and pivotal.