White Blood Cell Disorders and Platelets:: 7. Platelets

Question

The peripheral blood smear noted in the photograph was held for morophological and clinical review as the total platelet count was 10,000/cumm. Conditions fitting this picture include:

More than one answer is correct. Please select all correct answers

Disseminated intravascular coagulation
Marrow infiltration with metastatic tumor
Gram negative sepsis
Autoimmune thrombocytopenia

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