Unilateral Isolated Primary Cutaneous Amyloidosis of the External Auditory Canal.

Isolated primary cutaneous amyloidosis (PCA) of the external ear is extremely rare. We describe the case of a 65-year-old woman presenting with itching within the left external auditory canal (EAC). Otoscopy revealed a 3 mm whitish lesion involving the cartilaginous portion of the left EAC.

Cancer Diagnostic Delay in Northern and Central Italy During the 2020 Lockdown Due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic.

Objectives: We performed data collection concerning the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic-related delay in the diagnosis of cancers to individuate proper corrective procedures.

Methods: A comparison was made among the number of first pathologic diagnoses of malignancy made from weeks 11 to 20 of 2018, 2019, and 2020 at seven anatomic pathology units serving secondary care hospitals in northern-central Italy.

Results: Cancer diagnoses fell in 2020 by 44.