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Two cases of JRA refractory to NSAID' steroids and long-acting drugs were successfully treated with plasmapheresis and combined lympho- and plasma-apheresis respectively. Case 1. A 8 year old female child who had been suffering from systemic JRA for 6 years received a course of three plasmapheresis followed by a 6 month cycle of azathioprine. Clinical and laboratory remission was promptly achieved and is still present after 18 months. Case 2. A 12-year old boy affected by poliarticular JRA received a course of 4 plasmapheresis followed by a 6 month cycle with azathioprine. The opportunity of performing plasma or lymphoplasmapheresis reinforced by immunosuppressive drugs such as azathioprine or methotrexate at low doses in refractory cases of JRA is discussed.
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