Table 3.

Results of a literature review of all IEs associated with COVID-19 infection

Report	Age	Sex	Symptoms	Location	Thrombus	COVID-19 interval	Outcome
Charlton et al. [17], 2021	65	M	Headache, scalp tenderness	Right frontal convexity	Bilateral + saddle pulmonary embolisms	54 days prior to empyema diagnosis	Discharged to inpatient rehabilitation
Meguins et al. [13], 2021	49	M	“Locked in” syndrome (quadriplegia, absent respiratory effort)	4th ventricle with associated ventriculitis	Not reported	20 days prior to empyema diagnosis	Remained as inpatient; died 14 weeks later
Haroon et al. [14], 2021	13	F	Fever, seizure, visual blurring, vomiting	Parafalcine	Not reported	Only tested positive 3 months post-washout	Full recovery
Ljubimov et al. [15], 2022	15	M	Pyrexia, nausea, vomiting, left-sided hemiplegia	Right convexity	No thrombus, INR of 2.0 requiring reversal	Co-infection confirmed on admission	Full recovery
Boateng et al. [16], 2021	13	M	Fever, headache, hemiplegia	Right convexity	R internal jugular/sigmoid	Positive on admission	Full recovery