RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Use of an armoured endotracheal tube in a toddler with mediastinal mass
JF BMJ Case Reports
JO BMJ Case Reports
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP e254410
DO 10.1136/bcr-2022-254410
VO 16
IS 3
A1 Prasad, Aalekh
A1 Elangaratnam, Diluxshy
A1 Agrawal, Shruti
A1 O'Donnell, Roddy
YR 2023
UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/16/3/e254410.abstract
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.