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.