Teenager Febrile Dystextia.
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INTRODUCTION: Dystextia refers to a kind of aphasia. It is the inability or the difficulty to text with a mobile phone. It has been described 15 years ago in central neurologic pathologies like stroke, migraine with aura, neurologic tumor disease. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 15-year-old boy who presented a febrile dystextia with acute insular lobes lesions in MRI. Human Simplex Virus 1 and lymphocytosis were present in the CSF and intravenous treatment with aciclovir has been initiated. Clinical signs were completely reversible. DISCUSSION: This case enhances the importance of emerging symptoms related to the common use of 21st century technology-such as smartphones-especially among younger patients. It also corroborates the association between the insular lobe and dystextia. CONCLUSION: This is the first report of herpetic meningoencephalitis revealed through febrile dystextia in a child.