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.
With this syndrome, 2 of the 3 blood cells types are atypically, and less than 1% of the cells of the blood system are immature cells or blasts. There is a propensity to become acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Refractory anemia with excessive blasts (RAEB) Advertisement.