cervical venous hum

Innocent heart murmur. Epidemiology: -> audible in healthy children & young adults Clinical manifestations: 1) continuous murmur on auscultation of the heart 2) may be heard in the right supraclavicular fossa 3) may be abolished by compression over the internal jugular vein 4) diastolic component of murmur may be louder than the systolic component

General

innocent murmur continuous murmur

References

Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed. Fauci et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1998, pg 202