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.
1 1. Bone marrow cellularity: The volume of hematopoietic nucleated cells, expressed. as a percentage of marrow volume less volume of fibrosis. 2. Blasts: For AML, the following cell types are considered equivalent to blasts and. are included in the calculation of blast percentages. Note that erythroblasts are.