A person with an intracerebral hemorrhage has bleeding within the brain tissue. The bleeding is caused by rupture of small blood vessels that supply blood to the brain cells. This interrupts the blood flow to the brain cells and causes them to malfunction, resulting in symptoms of a stroke.

High blood pressure is the most common cause of rupture of the blood vessels in the brain. Intracerebral hemorrhages are responsible for about 10 percent of strokes. There is no treatment for the disorder.