Schwannoma of head and neck is a rare tumor arising from neural component . Majority of patients with cervical vagal schwannoma present with mass in the lateral part of neck without any neurological deficit. Complete surgical resection is the treatment of choice. We report here a symptomatic cervical vagal schwannoma in a 46 year old female presenting with dyphagia for 2 weeks . MRI neck revealed a well defined smooth marginated non infiltrative lesion of size 19*23*35 mm, anteriorly abutting sternocleidomastoid and posteriorly abutting cervical segment of left vertebral arterycervical/ vagal origin . The patient was first planned for temporary cardiac pacing to avoid the consequences of vagal nerve handling like bradycardia intraoperatively. Standard GA was given. Superficial cervical plexus was given and the surgical area was anaesthetized to prevent the complications of vagal nerve handling. The tumor was dissected carefully and sent for biopsy. Patient reversed and intraoperative was uneventful. After excision of tumor, our patient complained of mild left eyelid drooping indicating the tumor excised to be of cervical sympathetic chain origin