Disk Utility in recovery partition doesn't see errors present when scanning from 10.8.3

I'm running Disk Utility and finding some errors (Unable to bootstrap transaction group XXXX: inconsistent crosscheck, No valid commit checkpoint found, The volume XXXX was found corrupt and needs to be repaired, Incomplete or inconsistent CoreStorage Physical Volume set)
When I reboot into the recovery partition and try to fix these errors, the disk checks out fine.  Back in 10.8.3, I get the same errors.  Any ideas?

Yes, I chose the Repair Disk option from the Recovery Partition Disk Utility.  This is a FileVault encrypted drive, and I've entered in the password to unlock the disk.  From the Recovery Partition, Disk Utility reports no errors during Verify or Repair (same with Disk Permissions).
Once back in OS X 10.8.3, all the errors that I described previously show up in Disk Utility.  It can't be unmounted since it's my startup disk, so I'm stuck not being able to fix things.

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