A new onset of fatigue in an active elderly man.
Fatigue is often perceived as part of normal aging. Yet for many active elderly, a complaint of generalized, non-specific weakness should alert the physician to the existence of possible underlying pathology, as this case demonstrates.
Wolf-Klein
G P
GP
SUNY, Stony Brook.
Jason
M K
MK
Desner
M
M
Fish
B
B
Silvergleid
R
R
D000368:Aged; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005221:Fatigue / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed