'Virtual' dead pixels on MBP 15" display

Every now and then, my MBP exhibits 'virtual' dead pixels. They look just like ordinary dead pixels in that random pixels on the screen just stay white. However, they are 'virtual' in the sense that I can screenshot them and when I do an accessibility zoom, the 'dead' pixels zoom too.
This happens sporadically, but - I think - it's the same 2-3 pixels each time. It only tends to happen when I've laboured the graphics card for a while (e.g. plugged in to two external displays with graphics-intensive applications open), but they persist for a while after that.
This seems like a graphics card issue to me - has anyone else experienced this?

About LCD display pixel anomalies for Apple products released before 2010
About LCD display pixel anomalies for Apple products released in 2010 and later - Apple Support
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2012), OS X Yosemite (10.10), i7 500GB 16GB RAM iPhone5 iOS8.1

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