How do you remove reported non existing tables from mysql?

I was trying to export a mysqldump --all-databases and noted errors. A subsequent

mysqlcheck --all-databases

revealed several non existent tables like the following

Error : Table 'stats.scoring_campaign_countries_99save' doesn't exist
status : Operation failed

Of course I can't drop a table if it does't exist so how to fix this?

The tables are using MyISAM.

If using MyISAM, you should be able to get rid of the tables by deleting the .frm files from the data folder while the database is down.

Remember to backup everything you can before doing anything like that!

StackExchange Database Administrators Q#73708, answer score: 2