If I’ve had one bleed from a cavernous hemangioma, is it likely to bleed again?

If I’ve had one bleed from a cavernous hemangioma, is it likely to bleed again?

Most lesions never bleed. However, if the cavernous hemangioma in your brain has bled once, you have about a 1 in 5 chance (20%) that it will bleed again within five years. If the hemangioma is in your brainstem, the chance of a second bleed is 1 in 3 (30%) over the next five years. After five years, the risk of another bleed slowly returns to the risk of having a lesion that never bleeds.