Bay Area Vet MRI

12/31/2025

🎉 Happy New Year from Bay Area Vet MRI! 🎉

As we step into the new year, we look forward to continuing to support pets, their families, and our referring veterinarians with care and compassion.

We’re excited to continue providing advanced imaging and compassionate service in the year ahead.

Here’s to a healthy, hopeful, and successful New Year for you and the pets we all care for. 💙🐶

12/23/2025

✨🎄 Happy Holidays from Bay Area Vet MRI! 🎄✨

Our team is grateful for every wagging tail, purring patient, and the incredible families who trust us with their pets’ care.

May your season be filled with warmth, joy, cozy cuddles, and lots of festive cheer! 🐾❤️

12/04/2025

🎄✨ The Holidays Have Arrived at Bay Area Vet MRI ✨🎄

We’ve added some festive cheer to our office and waiting area, and we’re excited to share it with you!

From cozy seating to bright pops of color and holiday touches, we’ve created a warm and welcoming space for our clients and their pets. 🐾💙

Whether you’re stopping by for an appointment or just passing through, we hope our decorated lobby brings a little extra joy to your day this season.

📍 Located in the San Mateo, CA
🐶 Advanced Animal MRI Imaging
💙 Compassionate care, modern technology

Happy holidays from all of us at Bay Area Vet MRI!

11/26/2025

🐾 A Heartfelt Thank You from One of Our Clients 🐾

We received this beautiful card from a client, and it truly made our day. ❤️

Their kind words were a reminder of why we do what we do — to help pets get a second chance at a healthy, happy life.

Thank you for trusting Bay Area Vet MRI with your beloved animals. Your appreciation means the world to our team, and we are grateful for the opportunity to make a difference every day. 💙

Because of partners like you, more animals receive the care they need and deserve.

Thank you for your support! 🐾✨

10/09/2025

🩺 Case of the Month — Bay Area Vet MRI

Presented by: Dr. Filippo Adamo, DVM, Dipl. ECVN
Case: French Bulldog with progressive vestibular disease

This month’s featured case highlights the importance of advanced imaging and diagnostic testing in identifying complex neurological infections.
A French Bulldog was referred to Bay Area Vet MRI with an eight-day history of progressive vestibular disease and loss of appetite.

💡 MRI Findings:
MRI scans revealed signal abnormalities in the left brainstem and left tympanic cavity, with contrast enhancement along the meninges and petrous bone—findings consistent with infection extending from the middle/inner ear into the brainstem.

🧫 Additional Tests:
CSF analysis showed severe neutrophilic inflammation, with cultures identifying E. coli (resistant to amoxicillin-clavulanate, sensitive to enrofloxacin).
Myringotomy fluid also confirmed septic inflammation with phagocytized rods and hemorrhage, supporting a diagnosis of septic meningoencephalitis/otitis due to E. coli.

💊 Treatment Plan:
Immediate anti-inflammatory therapy (DexSP IV) was administered, followed by antibiotic treatment with Enrofloxacin and Amoxicillin-Clavulanic Acid pending culture results.
A short course of prednisone and gabapentin was added to manage inflammation and discomfort.

✅ Diagnosis:
Left middle and inner ear infection extending into the left brainstem (septic meningoencephalitis/otitis due to E. coli).

🧠 Advanced MRI and laboratory diagnostics played a crucial role in identifying the infection source and guiding targeted treatment.

At Bay Area Vet MRI, we’re proud to support veterinarians with precise imaging and diagnostics that make a difference in our patients’ recovery.

📍 Bay Area Vet MRI – Animal MRI Center
🐾 Supporting veterinarians and pets across the Bay Area

09/29/2025

🐾 Case Highlight: 10-Year-Old German Shepherd 🐾

This sweet patient came to us with weakness in the hind limbs. To better understand what’s going on, we performed a thoracolumbar (TL) spinal MRI.

✨ MRI allows us to see detailed images of the spinal cord, vertebrae, and surrounding tissues — helping veterinarians pinpoint the cause of mobility changes such as weakness, pain, or difficulty walking.

🧠 Advanced imaging is one of the best tools we have for guiding diagnosis and treatment, giving pets the best chance at improved comfort and mobility.

📍 At Bay Area Vet MRI, we’re proud to support local veterinarians with advanced diagnostic imaging for their patients.

💜 Because every step counts when it comes to keeping tails wagging.

09/24/2025

🐾✨ Welcome to Bay Area Veterinary MRI! ✨🐾

We’re proud to be the Bay Area’s dedicated MRI center for pets, founded by board-certified neurologist and neurosurgeon Dr. Adamo.

With over 30 years of experience and a pioneering role in bringing MRI technology to veterinary neurology, Dr. Adamo and our compassionate team are here to provide advanced diagnostic care tailored to your pet’s needs.

📍 Serving families and veterinarians across the Bay Area, our mission is simple: combining cutting-edge imaging with gentle, loving care so pets get the answers—and treatment—they deserve.

💜 Because every pet deserves clarity, comfort, and the very best in veterinary medicine

07/01/2025

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01/29/2025

Buckle up for a great success story! 🍀Meet Lucky🍀. Lucky is a sweet 11 year old M/N Chihuahua that presented to Bay Area Vet MRI for 6 weeks of paraparesis which was non responsive to Meloxicam & Gabapentin. It progressed to paraplegia two days prior to coming in for the MRI. A spinal MRI revealed a diffuse area of non-homogenous contrast enhancement near L3. This was suggestive of either a intra-axial spinal cord tumor or an infectious/inflammatory process. An MRI could not narrow it down completely therefore a spinal tap (CSF tap) was recommended.

The CSF tap revealed that Lucky has Autoimmune Meningo-Myelitis, an extremely rare condition in geriatric dogs.

The MRI Scan & CSF tap combined, prior to starting corticosteroids treatment, allowed prompt diagnosis and a specific and effective long term therapy.

After 4 days of prednisone therapy, Lucky showed significant improvement! Two weeks later cyclosporone was implemented & the prednisone was tapered and eventually discontinued. Lucky made a full recovery thanks to the prompt MRI Scan along with a CSF tap!

We are so happy that we were able to give Lucky and his owners the answers they needed and treatment that Lucky needed. Yay for Lucky who is very Lucky (and handsome)! 🍀😀👏

01/03/2025

We wish all colleagues and friends of Bay Area Vet MRI a happy & healthy New Year! 🎉

12/05/2024

We're very excited to announce we are now OPEN for your pet's MRI needs! 🎉🐶