Pseudo-delusory syndrome caused by Limothrips cerealium.

Background: Limothrips cerealium (or "grain thrips") is an insect of the phylum Arthropoda, known as parasite of plants of the family Gramineae; human infestation is not frequently described in literature.

Materials And Methods: We report the case of a 59-year-old female farmer, come to observation because of intense itching and sensation of "walking insects" on her head, with no objective cutaneous signs except lesions due to scratching. After repeated visits, in which negative results of clinical and laboratory tests suggested the diagnosis of "delusory syndrome" (Ekbom's syndrome), we finally isolated on her head some insects, identified by stereomicroscopy as L.

[Analysis on ancient paper of Strabone concerning the dengue, osteo-articular system disease].

Strabone, a geographer lived between the 60 and 20 d.C., has been author of an interesting work, titlet "Geografica".