Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iranian Journal of Parasitology 1735-7020 12 3 2017 09 17 461 465 Yosra KERKENI Dept. of Pediatric Surgery A, Children's Hospital Bechir Hamza, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia Sondes SAHLI Dept. of Pediatric Surgery A, Children's Hospital Bechir Hamza, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia Manef GASMI Dept. of Pediatric Surgery A, Children's Hospital Bechir Hamza, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia Nada SGHAIROUN Dept. of Pediatric Surgery A, Children's Hospital Bechir Hamza, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia Mourad HAMZAOUI Dept. of Pediatric Surgery A, Children's Hospital Bechir Hamza, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia 2017 09 17 2017 09 17 Echinococcosis is a multisystem disease and has propensity to involve any organ, an unusual anatomical site, and can mimic any disease process. The hydatid cyst of the mesenteries known to occur secondary to hepatic involvement but occasional cases of his primitive form has also been reported. We report here one such case of primitive mesenteric hydatid cyst herniated through inguinal canal in a 5-yr-old boy, admitted to our Pediatric Surgery Department of Children’s Hospital in Tunis, Tunisia in 2015. https://ijpa.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijpa/article/view/1779 https://ijpa.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijpa/article/download/1779/770