About this episode
1) Overdiagnosis of idiopathic intracranial hypertension2) e-Pearl topic: Neurologic manifestations of Hemolytic Uremic syndrome3) Topic of the month: Endovascular Stroke Therapy This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Jennifer Bickel interviews Dr. Valerie Biousse about her paper on overdiagnosis of idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about neurologic manifestations of Hemolytic Uremic syndrome. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Prachi Mehndiratta interviews Dr. James F. Meschia about the topic of what's on the horizon in endovascular stroke therapy. DISCLOSURES: Dr. Biousse serves as an editorial board member of American Journal of Ophthalmology and Journal of Neuro-ophthalmology; is a consultant for GenSight; receives royalties from the publication of the books Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, Neuro-Ophthalmology Illustrated and from Up-to-Date; and receives research support for Research to Prevent Blindness.Dr. Numis serves on the editorial team for the Neurology Resident and Fellow Section.Dr. Meschia serves as an editorial board member of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Stroke and the European Journal of Neurology; receives research support from the NINDS for efforts devoted to the SiGN study.