Acute Myeloid Leukemia

**Semantic type:** Neoplastic Process

**Definition:** A clonal expansion of myeloid blasts in the bone marrow, blood or other tissues. The classification of acute myeloid leukemias (AMLs) encompasses four major categories: 1) AML with recurrent genetic abnormalities; 2) AML with multilineage dysplasia; 3) Therapy-related AML; 4) AML not otherwise specified. The required bone marrow or peripheral blood blast percentage for the diagnosis of AML is 20% (WHO classification).

**Synonyms:** - AML - AML - AML - AML - Acute Myeloid Leukemia - ANLL - ANLL - Acute Granulocytic Leukemia - Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia - Acute Myelocytic Leukemia - Acute Myelocytic Leukemia - Acute Myelogenous Leukemia - Acute Myelogenous Leukemia - Acute Myelogenous Leukemias - Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) - Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) - Acute Nonlymphocytic Leukemia - Acute granulocytic leukemia - Acute myeloblastic leukemia - Acute myelocytic leukemia - Acute myelogenous leukemia - Acute myeloid leukemia - Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) - Hematopoeitic - Acute Myleogenous Leukemia (AML) - acute myeloblastic leukemia - acute myelogenous leukemia - acute myeloid leukemia - acute nonlymphocytic leukemia