A 58-Year-Old Man Comes to the Office with Upper Abdominal

A 58-year-old man comes to the office with upper abdominal pain, fatigue, and anorexia.  He says his symptoms began about a month ago and seem to be getting worse.  The patient has a history of cirrhosis due to chronic hepatitis C.  Physical examination shows cachexia and worsening ascites.  Imaging studies reveal a large mass in the right hepatic lobe consistent with unresectable hepatocellular cancer.  The patient is scheduled to undergo percutaneous embolization of the artery supplying the tumor.  Contrast material administration into which of the following structures is most likely to visually enhance the artery prior to embolization?

A) Celiac trunk
B) Gastroduodenal artery
C) Inferior mesenteric artery
D) Inferior vena cava
E) Splenic artery
F) Superior mesenteric artery

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