A sound, especially an abnormal one, heard through a stethoscope; a murmur.


cranio-cervical auscultation
a) auscultate over carotid arteries: bruit may be associated with indicated carotid dissection

b) auscultate over globe of eye: bruit may indicate traumatic carotid-cavernous fistula CCF

see [[Intracranial bruit]]
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femoral bruits are common in Vascular claudication
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Auscultation over spine reveals a bruit in 2–3% of cases of [[Spinal vascular malformation]]s . Cutaneous angioma over back is
present in 3–25%; Valsalva maneuver may enhance the redness of the angioma