Subfolders disappear in the Folders panel

Periodically after working in LR5 for a while the subfolders in the Folders panel disappear. The main parent folder (my external drive) is shown with the picture count but all the subfolders are gone. When I right click on a photo and "Go to photo in Library" nothing happens - no subfolder is displayed. I have tried clicking various things in the Left Panel but nothing helps. If I Exit and then re-open LR all the subfolders are correctly displayed again. Any ideas why the subfolders disappear?

More details, example :
I delete the pics in "2010-06-13 - Carolina" (the folder which don't show up in LR3). I import again my pics. They are now here : 2010 > 2010-06 > 2010-06-13.
Then I close LR3. I open again LR3. The folder "2010 > 2010-06 > 2010-06-13" isn't here anymore. But the pics are still here (I can see them when browsing "2010 > 2010-06") !
Then again, I delete the pics. Import them again. But instead of closing LR3 now, I move the pics to "2010 > 2010-06 > Caro".
I close LR3. I open again LR3. Same as usual, "Caro" disappeared (but pics are here) !
Would someone help me please ?
Thibaud
Edit : here is a video showing the problem : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch7RuD9s2SU

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