A Case of Nummular Dermatitis / Eczema Caused by Compressive Myelopathy Diagnosed after 20 Years

Dr. V. P Jerath, Dr. Anurag Arora

Abstract: A 45 years old male was diagnosed as a case of nummular dermatitis by me (1st author) seen 20 times in twenty years except 2019 - 21 (Covid period) and also examined by noted dermatologists of all institutions in Delhi. In the end of 2020, he got some pain in the legs and numbness and later some limping and the dye for diagnosis was cast and MRI for cervical spine was suggested which showed a ring of calcium deposit around the spinal cord which reduced the spinal cord to nearly half. He was operated upon in two sittings, and is well now and skin lesions decreasing, but one of the rare cases. The calcium ring could not be analysed pathological as the patient was operated at another hospital.

Keywords: compressive myelopathy, nummular dermatitis