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.
A spectrum of morphologic abnormalities is observed.4,5 There is a continuum in the percentage of marrow blasts from a myelodysplastic syndrome (t-MDS) to overt acute myeloid leukemia (t-AML), and rapid progression from the former to the latter.