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CAPNONs can mimic calcified meningiomas at the skull base.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0317167119003391_as2\" sec-type=\"other\"><jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Here, we report two cases of CAPNON and present a systematic review of the literature on skull base CAPNONs, to compare CAPNONs with calcified meningiomas.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0317167119003391_as3\" sec-type=\"other\"><jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Case 1: A 57-year-old man presented with right-sided lower cranial neuropathies and gait ataxia. He underwent a subtotal resection of a right cerebellopontine angle lesion, with significant improvement of his gait ataxia. However, his cranial neuropathies persisted. Pathological examination of the lesion was diagnostic of CAPNON, with the entrapped nerve fibers identified at the periphery of the lesion, correlating with the patient\u2019s cranial neuropathy. Case 2: A 70-year-old man presented with progressive headache, gait difficulty, and cognitive impairment. He underwent a frontotemporal craniotomy for a near-total resection of his right basal frontal CAPNON. He remained neurologically stable 7 years after the initial resection without evidence of disease recurrence. We analyzed 24 reported CAPNONs at the skull base in our systematic review of the literature. Cranial neuropathies were present in 11 (45.8%) patients. Outcomes regarding cranial neuropathies were documented in six patients: two had sacrifice of the nerve function with surgical approaches and four had persistent cranial neuropathies.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0317167119003391_as4\" sec-type=\"other\"><jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title><jats:p>While CAPNON can radiologically and grossly mimic calcified meningiomas, they are two distinctly different pathologies. 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