[Severe interstitial pneumopathy due to herpes virus after radiochemotherapy for esophageal carcinoma]. / Pneumopathies herpétiques sévères après radio-chimiothérapie de cancers de l'oesophage.

The authors report two cases of severe bilateral interstitial pneumopathies occurring after a medical treatment for esophageal carcinoma. In both cases a broncho-alveolar lavage revealed the presence of herpes virus and a specific treatment rapidly cured the patients.