<prompt> A patient presented with a platelet count of 700 x 109L with abnormalities in size, shape and granularity of platelets. WBC count of 8 x109 L, hemoglobin of 12 gdl and the absence of the Philadelphia chromosome. The most likely diagnosis would be?Polycythemia veraEssential thrombocythemiaChronic myeloid leukemiaLeukemoid reaction  <response>: A patient presents with thrombocytosis with abnormalities in size, shape and granularity of platelets, with normal WBC count hemoglobin and the absence of the Philadelphia chromosome. The most likely diagnosis in this case would be Essential Thrombocythemia 