Which of the following would be associated with factitious disorder?
A) A woman suffering from severe abdominal pains that have no medical basis.
B) A man feigning illness to get out of criminal prosecution.
C) In order to get money during a lawsuit, a man says he is experiencing great pain in his back with no medical corroboration.
D) A woman holds a thermometer up to a hot surface to create a high temperature reading and then uses it as "evidence" that she has a fever.
D
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