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.
MDS and AML patients with a higher percentage of blasts in PB than in BM had significantly higher WBC counts, absolute lymphocyte counts, and LDH and B2M levels. Among ALL patients, those with higher blast percentages in PB than in BM also had significantly higher absolute lymphocyte and WBC counts.