The postpartum uterine inversion represents a life-threatening emergency mostly occurring in the third stage of labour and burdened with the high morbidity. The work is comprehensively devoted to the issue of acute inversion of the uterus arising immediately after the childbirth. A rare case report of acute partial puerperal inversion is described in detail. Moreover, a literature review of the papers published from 1872 and meeting an inclusion criterion according to PRISMA guidelines is presented. The critical parameters related to the acute postpartum inversion of the uterus are evaluated in a detailed analysis.