Pheochromocytoma as a rare cause of arterial hypertension in a patient with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: A diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma

Highlights • Pheochromocytoma is a rare but treatable cause of hypertension among patients with polycystic kidney disease; it may be suspected in patients with refractory hypertension. • Considering that PCC is much more commonly associated with von Hippel Lindau disease, this alternate diagnosis must be ruled out. • Treatment of PCC is surgical; when there is cystic affectation of the liver in addition to the kidneys, retroperineoscopic surgery is the approach of choice.