Periscapular mass in a refugee patient: a case of musculoskeletal extrapulmonary tuberculosis.

This report discusses the case of a male refugee from East Africa who presented with persistent right shoulder pain and was found to have a periscapular mass, whose diagnostic and therapeutic delay was due not only to fragmentation of care, but also a lack of awareness of musculoskeletal manifestations of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. This case underscores the importance of including tuberculosis in the differential diagnosis for a variety of symptoms in patients with risk factors, even if they report previous negative screening.