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.
The following tests are done by the Department of Hematology: 1  Tests for Myeloid Leukemias: PCR-based tests for the 8;21 and 15;17 translocations (for M2 and M3 AML), analysis of MLL gene rearrangment, PCR-based tests for the Philadelphia chromosome (for CML).