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Representative images of anal distention. By comparison to Panel A (healthy woman), Panel B shows a constipated patient with a greater resting anal pressure (108 versus 88 mmHg), a greater opening pressure (72 mmHg versus 38 mmHg), and a lower maximum diameter (3 cm versus 6 cm). The solid and broken white circles respectively demarcate the anal balloon and anal sphincter.
