Abstract
A case is reported of cerebral embolism with two very unusual features. Two bilaterally symmetrical haemorrhagic infarcts occurred, due to non-bacterial thrombotic cardiac valvular vegetations precipitated by the puerperium in a previously healthy young woman.
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