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Joseph E. Hardison, MD; Robert B. Smith III, MD; I. Sylvia Crawley, MD; Louis L. Battey, MD

JAMA. 1981;245(11):1146-1147.

Abstract
We describe two patients with symptomatic, self-heard venous hums. The venous hum was secondary to chronic anemia in one patient and was idiopathic in the other. The idiopathic hum was not heard in the neck but could be heard by auscultating the right auditory canal. Ligation of the right internal jugular vein abolished the idiopathic hum, which had been present for 14 years.

(JAMA 1981;245:1146-1147)

Author Affiliations
From the Medical Service (Drs Hardison and Crawley) and Surgery Service (Dr Smith), veterans Administration Medical Center (Atlanta), Decatur, Ga; and the Departments of Medicine (Drs Hardison, Crawley, and Battey) and Surgery (Dr Smith), Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Medical Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, 1670 Clairmont Rd, Decatur, GA 30033 (Dr Hardison).

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