ITunes just deleted all my playlists! What happened?

My playlists were all there last night. Today they're gone! Can anyone shed some light here? I'm on a Air OS X 10.8.5

Have you accidentally hidden the Playlists?
In iTunes 11 is a hidden control directly besides the Headline "Playlists", that will be revealed when you hover the cursor there. Toggle that Show/Hide control Does that bring the playlists back?

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