A 66-year-old woman is evaluated in the office due to epigastric abdominal pain, early satiety, and vomiting for the past 3 months. The patient has been drinking alcohol daily for the past 25 years. The patient has lost 15 lb in the past 3 months. On examination, the patient appears cachectic, and she has splenomegaly. An abdominal CT scan reveals an irregular tumor posterior to the stomach, extending from the greater curvature of the stomach compressing the splenic artery. Splenic artery compression would decrease the blood flow in which of the following arteries?

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Eductional Objective: The splenic artery is a branch of the celiac trunk. It supplies parts of the stomach and the duodenum. Due to the weak anastomoses, splenic artery compressive would lead to ischemic injury in the gastric tissue supplied by the short gastric arteries.

A 66-Year-Old Woman Is Evaluated in the Office Due to Epigastric