A patient presents with a platelet count of 700 x 109/L with abnormalities in size, shape and granularity of platelets. WBC count of 12 x 109 /L, hemoglobin of 11g/dl and the absence of the Philadelphia chromosome. The most likely diagnosis would be-: (A) Polycythemia vera, (B) Essential thrombocythemia, (C) Chronic myeloid leukemia, (D) Leukemoid reaction
Answer is B. None