cruveilhier–baumgarten bruit cruveilhier–baumgarten bruit the cruveilhier–baumgarten bruit is a clinical sign which can be found in cruveilhier-baumgarten disease. in this condition there are prominent umbilical and paraumbilical veins; auscultation over these vessels may reveal a humming sound (i.e. a bruit). cruveilhier–baumgarten bruitdifferential diagnosiscruveilhier-baumgarten disease the sign was named after jean cruveilhier and paul clemens von baumgarten.