Thin line on my iMac

A very thin vertical line has recently shown up on my display screen and it refuses to go away. I have tried the resetting (command + P + R + fn) but no results. I am worried.. my mac is just out of warranty. Can anyone help please?

Hello,
Have a read of this page (link).
Intel Macs certainly shouldn't be seeing this yet so take it in to Apple.
mrtotes

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