ETV6 and myelodysplastic syndrome with excess blasts: The ETV6-ACSL6 fusion gene was first reported by Yagasaki et al. in 1999 in three patients, with one presenting with refractory anemia with excess blasts (RAEB) with basophilia, one presenting with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), and one presenting with acute eosinophilic leukemia (AEL) [5].