Table 1.

Comparison between cases of HSV encephalitis associated with CVT reported in the literature.

Case number		Year of publication	Patient's age	Patient's sex	HSV clinical presentation	Diagnosis of CVT	Risk factors identified for venous thromboembolism	CVT treatment	Outcome
Case 1 [4]	2005		48	Male	Seizures, high fever, history of headaches, and flu-like symptoms	Simultaneous	None	LMWH acute phase followed by warfarin for 6 months	Favourable, no deficits
Case 2 [5]	2012		30	Female	Seizures, high fever, confusion, and headaches	Simultaneous	Pregnancy	LMWH until delivery	Favourable, no deficits
Case 3 [6]	2018		31	Male	Seizures, headache, and photofobia	Day 6 of treatment: worsening headache, upper limb weakness	None	Intravenous heparin acute phase followed by warfarin for 1 year	Favourable, no deficits
Our case	—		44	Male	Seizures, low fever, and history of headaches	Simultaneous	Factor V Leiden heterozygosity	LMWH acute phase followed by rivaroxaban 1 year	Favourable, no deficits

LMWH: low-molecular-weight heparin.