PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Prasad, Aalekh AU - Elangaratnam, Diluxshy AU - Agrawal, Shruti AU - O'Donnell, Roddy TI - Use of an armoured endotracheal tube in a toddler with mediastinal mass AID - 10.1136/bcr-2022-254410 DP - 2023 Mar 01 TA - BMJ Case Reports PG - e254410 VI - 16 IP - 3 4099 - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/16/3/e254410.short 4100 - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/16/3/e254410.full SO - BMJ Case Reports2023 Mar 01; 16 AB - Anterior mediastinal mass presents an airway challenge due to its relative size in a paediatric chest and its invasion and compression of the surrounding structures. We present a case of a toddler with airway obstruction secondary to an anterior mediastinal mass. We describe how the use of an armoured endotracheal tube helped with ventilation while waiting for steroids and chemotherapy to reduce the tumour size and compression.