The Food and Drug Administration approved Mirum Pharmaceuticals' Ctexli to treat Cerebrotendinous Xanthoma, a very rare lipid-storage disease. The approval makes Ctexli, or chenopod, the first ...
A man in his 40s experienced "asymptomatic yellowish nodules on his palms, soles, and elbows" for three weeks.
When his cholesterol levels were checked, they were elevated, and a biopsy revealed xanthoma cells (intradermal deposits of cholesterol) along the tendons. READ MORE: Changing the clocks harms the ...