doctor's diagnosis: ruptured appendicitis or ruptured appendix?

Answer 1

The correct thing is ruptured appendicitis because it means that the appendix is inflamed and then ruptures whereas saying ruptured appendix is not correct because an healthy appendix does not rupture.

Answer 2

Any medical condition with "itis" at the end means an inflammation of that body part, e.g. appendicitis. A ruptured appendix means the appendix burst and needs to be removed ASAP.

Answer 3

Ruptured Appendix (possibly caused by appendicitis).

Appendix is the organ and appendicitis in an infection in the appendix.

Answer 4

Appendicitis is an inflamed appendix. Ruptured appendix is when the appendix bursts.

Sandy

Answer 5

Ruptured appendix
Appendicitis means inflammation of appendix.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appendicitis

Answer 6

one of the same itis means" inflammation of" so you have a inflammed appendix that has ruptured