Leroy Satchel Paige was the longtime Negro League star who eventually received his due in the majors. He reportedly got his nickname working as a baggage porter in Mobile, Ala., where he became a satchel tree by carrying several bags at once. Satchel, the man, was literally ageless.
The diagnosis of AML requires the identification of 20% or more leukemic blasts in the bone marrow. Further analysis then must separate AML from acute lymphoblastic leukemia by showing evidence for commitment to the myeloid lineage.
Acute leukemia (ALL or AML): These are immature cells (blasts) in blood or an excess number of blasts in bone marrow. The typical hemogram pattern with acute leukemia is anemia, neutropenia, and thrombocytopenia (i.e. pancytopenia), usually with a large number of blasts in the leukogram.