Alcohol-Induced Acute Pancreatitis Complicated by Severe Direct Antiglobulin Test (DAT)-Negative Hemolytic Anemia and Thrombocytopenia: A Suspected Evans Syndrome-Like Immune Cytopenia.

Authors

• Roy Arslan Ahmed, Internal Medicine, Phoenixville Hospital/Tower Health Medical Group, Phoenixville, USAFollow
• Motaz Almahmood, Internal Medicine, Tower Health Medical Group, Phoenixville, USAFollow
• Hatem Ahmed, Internal Medicine, Tower Health Medical Group, Phoenixville, USAFollow
• Rita Ahmad
• Shehab Fareed

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-10-2026

Abstract

We report a 28-year-old man with alcohol-induced interstitial acute pancreatitis (AP) who developed rapidly progressive anemia and thrombocytopenia beginning on hospital day two. Hemoglobin decreased from 16.5 g/dL on presentation to a nadir of approximately 5.2 g/dL, and the platelet count declined from 309×10

Publication Title

Cureus

Volume

18

Issue

3

First Page

105011

Last Page

105011

Recommended Citation

Arslan Ahmed, R., Almahmood, M., Ahmed, H., Ahmad, R., & Fareed, S. (2026). Alcohol-Induced Acute Pancreatitis Complicated by Severe Direct Antiglobulin Test (DAT)-Negative Hemolytic Anemia and Thrombocytopenia: A Suspected Evans Syndrome-Like Immune Cytopenia.. Cureus, 18 (3), 105011-105011. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.105011