UNEXPECTED DEATH DUE TO INTRACRANIAL TUMORSThe symptoms caused by intracranial tumors extend over months or years in the great majority of cases. For this reason, brain tumors would not be expected to appear in the records of the medical examiner except as incidental findings in patients dying of other causes. A survey of records, however, shows that intracranial tumors are found in a considerable number of cases as the principal cause of death. This note is concerned with some of the mechanisms by which unexpected deaths may be brought about by these lesions.Gliomas that infiltrate and replace cerebral . . .