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Contrast-enhanced CT or MR venogram images coupling with three-dimensional reconstructed are advantageous in revealing the covert route of OOS that runs under the cerebellum and drains directly into jugular bulb (JB) region. PT in case 1 was successfully eliminated after transmastoid sinus wall reconstruction surgery. Tinnitus handicap inventory score in case 1 reduced from 70 to 0. The ipsilateral jugular outflow mean velocity (V<jats:sub>mn<\/jats:sub>) and flow volume (F<jats:sub>VOL<\/jats:sub>) were 42.5\u2005cm\/s and 25.9\u2005g\/s (case 1 prior to surgery) and 56.6\u2005cm\/s and 41.2\u2005g\/s (case 2), respectively. Based on CFD simulation, the peak flow velocity in OOS was 1.85\u2005m\/s and 2.1\u2005m\/s, the wall pressure of the diverticular dome and dehiscence area of the SS-JB wall was 1724.7\u2005Pa and 369.8\u2005Pa in case 1 and 2, respectively. 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