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Methods: Thirty children with chronic sinusitis participated in this study, their ages ranged from 6 to 13 years old, recruited from the outpatients ENT clinic, Kasr Al Aini teaching hospital. They were classified into 2 groups of equal number; study group A (PEMF group) and study group B (LLLT group). These children were evaluated before the starting and after the end of the study through CT scan full examination (coronal and axial) for all children.  Results: This study showed that there were statistically significant improvements in mucosal membrane thickness in both groups (P&lt;0.05), while there was no statistically significant difference between groups (P&gt;0.05).  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