[Usefulness of ultrasonographic tests for localizing changes in peri-thyroid nodes in patients with malignant lymphomas].

9 cases initially suspected of toxic nodular disease were proved to be Hodgkin disease in 8 and lymphoma in one. Sonographic exams of the neck revealed enlarged peri-thyroid nodes in all cases. Biopsy of these nodes and histopathological examinations of the nodes confirmed the diagnosis.