• Definition: extrinsic compression of the common bile duct (or any extrahepatic bile duct) by gallstone(s) impacted in the cystic duct or the infundibulum of the gallbladder
• Clinical features: similar to choledocholithiasis
• Complications
  • Cholecystocholedochal fistula: an abnormal communication between the gallbladder and the common bile duct