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.
In adult AML in remission, the disease has been treated and the following are true: 1  The complete blood count is normal. 2  Less than 5% of the cells in the bone marrow are blasts (leukemia cells). 3  There are no signs or symptoms of leukemia in the brain and spinal cord or elsewhere in the body.