TY - JOUR T1 - Response to: ‘Interosseous tendon inflammation of rheumatoid arthritis: what's the real meaning?’ by Deng <em>et al</em> JF - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases JO - Ann Rheum Dis SP - e84 LP - e84 DO - 10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-215611 VL - 79 IS - 7 AU - Kulveer Mankia AU - Maria-Antonietta D'Agostino AU - Jorge Murillo-González AU - Andrew Grainger AU - Paul Emery Y1 - 2020/07/01 UR - http://ard.bmj.com/content/79/7/e84.abstract N2 - We thank Deng for their interest in our study,1 in which we identified MRI interosseous tendon inflammation (ITI) in anticyclic citrullinated peptide positive at-risk individuals (CCP+ at risk) without clinical synovitis.2 Given the MRI appearances and absence of a tendon sheath on histological examination, we suggested ITI is a peritendonitis rather than a tenosynovitis. ITI was originally described as a tenosynovitis by Rowbotham et al.3 However, in the discussion, it was acknowledged that this may not be the correct terminology as the MRI features were not typical of tenosynovitis and the microstructure of the tendons had not been well described.3 Indeed, it was conceded that ITI may be better … ER -